Article 685T4 Mother wins legal battle over tribunal’s refusal to say why son’s killer was discharged from hospital

Mother wins legal battle over tribunal’s refusal to say why son’s killer was discharged from hospital

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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#685T4)

Teresa Maher's son, Kyle, was killed by Richard Wilson-Michael in supported accommodation in London in 2017

A woman has won a legal battle against a mental health tribunal over its refusal to provide her with the the reasons for releasing her son's killer into the community

In a boost to open justice, a high court judge ruled that the tribunal unlawfully rejected requests for information from Teresa Maher, who feared that her son's killer still posed a risk.

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