Schizophrenic admits killing man with sword

“I agree with pongo T clown, marc was on 2 week trial leave from the pressure of his team, these support homes are privately run money making machines. There's two victims here. Marcs fellow resident who lost his life and my friend marc who was failed by the system. Don't be narrow minded and believe all the bad stuff about marc. This was care in the community on the cheap. Yes this message could open up a can of worms . I say it how it is.”

“But why no mention of AVON & WILTSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP ?? who run the secure Fromeside Unit ??? A paranoid schizophrenic with a history of violence - having just been released from Fromeside - was he on strong prescribed medication , I would think so ?? So he is released into the property ' registered to ( managed by ? ) Keystone Mental Health Services - funded by AVON & WILTSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP ?? Spent the day drinking umm does anybody at the Filton Avenue house MANAGE OR SUPERVISE these mentally ill patients upon release from Hospital ?? And who in their right minds allows this patient to have ready access to a sumarai sword ?? Yet another death due to the 10 years of repeated failings on the part of mental health service providers in our area - shame AWP dont keep a publicly available count of those who have died year after year over a ten years period now on their 'well spun' new website - if only the truth were known !! and if only our local press would report the WHOLE truth !”

“I agree with Pogo - it is very easy in hindsight to say he should have been locked away in an asylum forever. But for every person who is released and goes on to commit a serious crime or murder, there are hundreds who go on to lead very normal, happy lives. We can't lock everyone up who poses a tiny risk to the public forever.”

“A lot of "uncare in the community" down to lack of resources.”

“He might well have been 'mental' but also had spent the day drinking as well.

It would be interesting to see how much abusing alcohol played a part in Mr Carters criminal history.

It is dangerous enough having violent paranoid schizophrenic's wandering the street without the appropriate supervision or controls, but adding alcohol into the equation is simply throwing more fuel on the fire.

In all honesty he should be banged up no only for his own good, but for everyone else's.

He is a violent murderer, simple as that.”

“It's just not that simple. There are guidelines in place to judge what level of risk someone poses. No one is ever risk free, especially people who are not always in control of themselves and it's unfortunate that the system will sometimes get things wrong.

Now, you may think "Well in this case, they should've been more stringent!". Well, are you sure? How much of the case do we know? Are we trained mental health experts? All we have is the benefit of hindsight, a benefit which is now shared by people with training and experience. We need to reply on them to properly judge what has happened and make appropriate decisions.

This is a tragedy but let's not just use it as an excuse to say "Ooh, you didn't want to do that!" to people who know the situation better than we do.”

“I agree nickthegas. Seems the rights of the individual come before the rights and safety of the general public.”

“Whoever decided that Carter was fit to be returned to society has blood on their hands. These people are paid to make decisions and have clearly failed. The fact is that he could have attacked and killed anyone. Society, as well as other residents of these homes, need protection.”