Whitby man who injured grandparents in vicious attack given hospital order
July 24, 2023
Jack Braithwaite, 29, rained blows on his grandfather Rodney Braithwaite and then turned on his grandmother when she went to the aid of her husband, York Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Anne Richardson said the victims, who are in their 70s, had allowed their grandson to live with them intermittently, but sometimes he had to stay in the summerhouse when his behaviour became such that they were “unable to tolerate him living in the actual house”.
His solicitor advocate Graham Parkin said that consultant psychiatrists had recommended a hospital order for Braithwaite due to his serious mental-health problems.
Judge Sean Morris, the Recorder of York, said he was “satisfied that (Braithwaite) is suffering from a mental disorder of such a nature that it was appropriate for him to be detained in hospital” under the Mental Health Act.
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