The Justice and Mental Health services in the UK are, as much as they are supposed to for the benefit of the patient concerned, supposed to act dilligently and communicatively in the best interests of the wider public too. One morning in October 2011, 58 year old grandmother of two Sally Hodkin was to find out, in the most tragic of ways, that sometimes, there are failings in these systems...

The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, including descriptions of injury detail, and descriptions of mental health delusions, that some listeners may find disturbing or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening in.

Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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References - Assorted articles available from the BBC, ITV News, Mental Health Law Online, The Guardian, London Evening Standard, The Times, News Shopper, Kent Online, Newspapers.Com

External Report Into The Case Of Nicola Edgington - (05 October 2016): Associate Caring Solutions UK

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