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Thu 04 Apr 2003It is not easy to get help for a violent person
ANALYSIS: There is little provision to prevent violent attacks by disturbed young people, writes Carol Coulter, Legal Affairs Correspondent
A very disturbed young man, but one capable of distinguishing between right and wrong, was how a forensic psychiatrist described Brian Willoughby. This distinction meant he could be convicted of murder and sentenced.
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