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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey

Mental Health NHS Trust

Dorset ward
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust
The Chase Building 127 The Ridgeway Enfield EN2
8JL Tel: 020 87024669 Fax: 020 8375 1442

Mental Health Tribunal Report

Date:01/11/18

Patient details

Mr Simon Cordell (11214451)

Date of birth: 26 Jan 1981

Address : 109 Burncroft Avenue, Enfield Post Code

: EN3 7JQ

Circumstances of admission and background

Mr Cordell is a 37 years old man with previous diagnosis of F29X - Unspecified nonorganic psychosis.
He has been known to CAMHS service in the past and to Adult Mental Health Services since 2014.
However he has not been engaging with the services in recent years despite numerous attempts from
mental health teams.

Mr Cordell become significantly unwell in mental health in 2014. He deteriorated significantly in mental
state but he refused engage with mental health service and declined to take medication. Consequently
he had to be detained under Section 2 of MHA in 2016 . He was treated with medication (Olanzapine)
during the admission but soon after discharge he stopped taking his medication. He continued to be
seen by Early Intervention service following a discharge but he continued to refuse any treatment for his
condition. This led to further deterioration in mental health. When Mr Cordell is unwell he presents with
persecutory delusions about his neighbours, council staff and the police. As a result of paranoid beliefs
he becomes more aggressive and threatening especially towards neighbours. From 2016 to January
2018 there were numerous complaints from neighbours reported about Nr Cordell’s acts of harassment
and antisocial behaviour. This led to an interim injunction order (harassment order) to be issued against
Mr Cordell, at the Edmonton County Court, in January 2018 . Mr Cordell breached the order on multiple
occasions. It has been reported that his neighbours have been assaulted, harassed and have received
threats from Mr Cordell. In addition, Mr Cordell disengaged with EIS.

In April 2018 further deterioration in mental health was observed when he contacted the police and
complained about the neighbours making noise. EIS team was contacted and they offered to review Mr
Cordell but he refused to work with them again.

On the 1 of June he was arrested for harassing his neighbours and breaching the injunction order
st
against him. He threatened his neighbour who was at the time with her two children that he

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