The father of a man who shot dead a children’s author begged mental health chiefs to section his son days before the killing, it is claimed.
Alex Sartain, 34, is said to have had a 10-year heroin addiction before being jailed for stealing four years ago. After his release he was allegedly sectioned four times.
Dad John tried again to get him into a secure unit, but days later he shot James Nash, 42, in Upper Enham, Andover, Hants. Tony Bennett, a pal who owns a bodyshop where Alex once worked, said John was worried by his son’s “very erratic” behaviour but “heard nothing” after seeking help. “If they’d taken him in this would have never happened,” Mr Bennett said. “The kid had schizophrenic paranoia...
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