'Our autistic son should never have been charged... it's help he needs, not to be locked up'

"Young man's parents say he was in the midst of mental health crisis at time of incident - and is now in legal limbo"

"Autistic, isolated and vulnerable is how the parents of Mayo man Eoghan Griffith (25) describe their son, who is currently sectioned at the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin."

"They say their son "fell through the cracks" and has been in custody since January, after being charged with a minor assault on a garda in Castlebar in September 2023."

Eoghan Griffith, 25, is described by his parents as autistic, isolated and vulnerable and is currently sectioned at the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin. His parents say he was in the midst of a mental-health crisis at the time of the incident and that he "fell through the cracks." He was charged with a minor assault on a garda in Castlebar in September 2023 and has been in custody since January. The case places him in legal limbo between mental-health treatment and criminal proceedings, highlighting the overlap of disability and the justice system.

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