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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS

Mental Health NHS Trust

A University Teaching Trust
secondary to the repeated involvement of the police in their lives and the stress this has caused.

Mr Cordell says he does not smoke tobacco and does not drink alcohol.

Grandmother (? maternal) had BPAD and/or schizophrenia

PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY in brief

-Has previously been open to Enfield EIS, discharged in March 2016 due to non-engagement -Has been
assessed under the MHA in 2014 and early 2016 but was not detained as there was not sufficient evidence

of a mental disorder

FORENSIC HISTORY

Mr Cordell was put in a Young Offender's Institution at the age of 16 after repeated driving offences
(driving without a license)

Mr Cordell says he has not been in trouble with the police for a number of years. He had stolen some
trainers at a festival in 2009 and prior to that had not been in trouble since 2005.

He denied any violent offences.
In 2013 Mr Cordell stood accused of burglary; after a year the case was dismissed, according to Simon

and his mother Loraine.

MEDICAL HISTORY

Simon said he had Crohn's disease as a child. He denied any other physical health problems. DRUGS

AND ALCOHOL

He said he only got drunk once as a teenager and has since not taken alcohol or drugs. He denied current

use

FINANCE

Simon receives £200 Income Support every fortnight VIEWS OF THE NEAREST RELATIVE

With Simon's consent I spoke with his mother Mrs Loraine Cordell. Mrs Cordell's views were that "I don't
think he [Simon] needs to be on section; he is not a danger to himself or other people" Mrs

SIMON CORDELL

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