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Police acted appropriately
COPS who expelled a mentally ill Tunisian man from Heathrow Airport, hours before he killed a 60-year-old, acted appropriately an investigation has found.
The probe was launched after it was revealed the killer, Laidi Benomor, had earlier been discharged from a West Yorkshire mental hospital.
On November 24, 2006, a Met inspector caught Benomor, 30, stealing a chocolate bar from a cafe at Heathrow.
Benomor, who had stopped taking his medication, told the officer he had no money and wanted to fly to Tunisia.
Officers checked his details on the Police National Computer, which indicated he was unknown to police.
He was then expelled from Heathrow. Officers advised him to go to the Tunisian Embassy in central London and showed him where to catch a bus in Bath Road.
Four hours later police received reports of a man attacking paramedics in Harlington.
Officers arrived to find Suryakant Patel, 60, lying lifeless on the ground and another man receiving medical treatment nearby.
Mr Patel was attacked after getting out of his Lexus to confront Benomor who had been blocking the road.
Benomor was arrested and later admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and also assaulting six other people.
He was subsequently sectioned under the Mental Health Act at Rampton Secure Hospital.
The investigation, run by the Independent Police Complaints Commission scrutinised the officers' decision to expel Benomor from Heathrow.
Its conclusions, announced yesterday, make it clear that the officers involved had no way of knowing Benomor had recently been released from hospital.
The IPCC ruled that they acted appropriately and that there are no disciplinary, training or policy matters to be dealt with for any of the officers, or for the Met as a whole.
3:35pm Tuesday 22nd April 2008
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CommentPosted by: martin, west drayton on 6:13pm Tue 22 Apr 08
so it was appropriate to send a man, with no money, to where he could catch a bus...DOH!
so it was appropriate to send a man, with no money, to where he could catch a bus...DOH!
Posted by: Dowey Jones, Harrow on 10:01pm Tue 22 Apr 08
So a Police Inspector catches a thief and releases him without taking any action.
Would it be possible for the Police to issue a table showing what goods I can steal without ever having to worry about being prosecuted?
I am getting a bit fed up with having to pay for goods and services and relish the idea of consequence free theft.
So a Police Inspector catches a thief and releases him without taking any action.
Would it be possible for the Police to issue a table showing what goods I can steal without ever having to worry about being prosecuted?
I am getting a bit fed up with having to pay for goods and services and relish the idea of consequence free theft.
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