Utterly appropriate that the BBC should report it.
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I read the article and the whole thing screams mental illness to me.
Not in the UK so this is the first time hearing about this but was there ever an assessment to that extent? Or are these two just that cold and calculating that it was all an act?
His mother was a nurse and they moved to Florid and he ended up committing a stranger rape as a 14 year old and spent 20 years in prison.
She was from a wealthy, aristocratic family (her dad was page boy to Queen Elizabeth II) but went off the rails as a teenager. She was sent to stay at Synagogue, Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria. A church who have had a large number of allegations made of systemic physical and sexual abuse.
They met by chance and were living in a tent for some time before they were in temporary accommodation with their 4 children when she was pushed out of the window while pregnant with her 5th causing social services to remove the rest of their children.
It seems to be a pretty tragic case of abuse, mental illness and incompetent and underfunded services that's resulted in at least one miscarriage, one infant death and 4 children being raised in care.
This goes so far beyond anything I could ever imagine anyone doing even with intrusive thoughts. Mental health issues with the ability to conspire to hurt people is another level.
Yeah, I was referring more to the behavior in court since I didn't know anything about the actual events leading to the charges.
The behavior described in the article strongly reminded me of some relatives who had bi-polar disorder.
Oh sorry. My bad.
I get the impression that people act up in the court room to add weight to any radio-rental defense that they want to claim them or after.