[Shasown]

Its good to see that people have a grip on reality.

He wasnt in a state of mind to be classed as legally responsible for his actions, at the time of the attack.

However he had served 8 months on remand for the attack, this probably given his lack of criminal record and his remorse for the attack is more than he would have received as a sentence anyway.

Sectioning is different from punishing under criminal law. He was deemed prior to the attack to have been fit to return to work, since the attack he has been receiving treatment on a voluntary basis. What good would sectioning, which is detaining someone under the Mental Health Act 1983 achieve?