Sekai Miles, 23, with a history of mental illness, committed a horrific attack on 87-year-old Bernard Fowler at a train station. Just two months prior, his community treatment order for schizophrenia had lapsed after a doctor claimed he was no longer ill. Despite displaying erratic behavior and expressing violent intentions, Miles's mental health care was insufficient. He brutally attacked Fowler, gouging his eyes and using the elderly man's walking stick as a weapon, resulting in fatal injuries. The case raises serious questions about mental health assessments and interventions for individuals with severe conditions.
"Miles's mental illness first became apparent at around age ten. At 12 he was referred to clinical psychologists after reporting that he had been hearing voices for eight months."
"The court heard Miles gouged the eyes of 87-year-old Bernard Fowler before beating him to death with his own walking stick, suffering numerous facial fractures and bleeds on the brain."
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