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Tram attacker detained by health authorities
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| Gordon at court last year |
A man who partially blinded a 96-year-old war veteran on a Croydon tram has been detained under the Mental Health Act.
Police sources said that Stephen Gordon, 44, was admitted to a south London mental health facility two weeks ago.
The detention comes after Gordon walked free from court in October following the attack on a tram travelling between Sandilands and East Croydon last December.
The sentence caused uproar and this website was flooded with comments from furious residents. The Croydon Guardian office also received letters and emails demanding that something more was done by police and local authorities.
Tramlink then refused to ban him from the network, claiming that it would be difficult to monitor.
This week the Croydon Guardian reported that Gordon had also been terrorising shop assistants working on the perfumery counter in Allders.
But today Croydon police have claimed that Gordon is now off the streets and are hoping to reassure the public.
A spokesman for South London and Maudsley NHS Trust said: "We have a statuatory duty of confidentiality towards anyone in detention and cannot comment on individual cases."
4:32pm Thursday 6th December 2007
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CommentPosted by: gerry, croydon on 4:39pm Thu 6 Dec 07
what a superb gift for christmas.
what a superb gift for christmas.
Posted by: ANNE GILES, SELSDON on 5:22pm Thu 6 Dec 07
hooray!!
Posted by: Sarah, Bromley on 5:25pm Thu 6 Dec 07
That has made my day! Let's hope they keep him locked up
That has made my day! Let's hope they keep him locked up
Posted by: malcolm felberg, Thornton Heath on 6:19am Fri 7 Dec 07
Why o why was this action not taken by the powers that be when this matter was first taken up by the authorities-Police-T
ram services-& the Judge at the trial and in the court!!!!!
As for the Tram opperators saying that banning this unfortunate creature from Tram services
would be to difficult to monitor...What piffill...they institute Asbos AGAINST unrully teenagers & non ticket holders? at
will day after day week after week!!!!
I know that our LBC Councillors and MP's
took this matter up-but why did the authorities fail to listen to there public on this matter
PS*proud senior co ordinator Croydon
Why o why was this action not taken by the powers that be when this matter was first taken up by the authorities-Police-T
ram services-& the Judge at the trial and in the court!!!!!
As for the Tram opperators saying that banning this unfortunate creature from Tram services
would be to difficult to monitor...What piffill...they institute Asbos AGAINST unrully teenagers & non ticket holders? at
will day after day week after week!!!!
I know that our LBC Councillors and MP's
took this matter up-but why did the authorities fail to listen to there public on this matter
PS*proud senior co ordinator Croydon
Posted by: Neet, Croydon on 10:26am Fri 7 Dec 07
[bold]YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAY!
Thank god for that :][/bold]
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAY!
Thank god for that :] Posted by: P on 11:00am Fri 7 Dec 07
NOW they decide to keep him off the streets. What because blinding and innocent elderly man wasnt enough evidence.
NOW they decide to keep him off the streets. What because blinding and innocent elderly man wasnt enough evidence.
Posted by: Thorndyke.J.T, Peoples Republic of U.K on 12:17pm Fri 7 Dec 07
[quote]Tramlink then refused to ban him from the network, claiming that it would be difficult to monitor.[/quote]
Is that legal speak for, we can't do anything because someone will play the [italic]"you let white paranoid schizophrenics on trams "[/italic] card ?.
[quote]But today Croydon police have claimed that Gordon is now off the streets and are hoping to reassure the public.[/quote]
You will have to do a lot better then that to reassure people , did you arrest/ interview the person responsible for supervising him..?. o well at least you didn't shoot him.
Tramlink then refused to ban him from the network, claiming that it would be difficult to monitor.
Is that legal speak for, we can't do anything because someone will play the
"you let white paranoid schizophrenics on trams " card ?.
But today Croydon police have claimed that Gordon is now off the streets and are hoping to reassure the public.
You will have to do a lot better then that to reassure people , did you arrest/ interview the person responsible for supervising him..?. o well at least you didn't shoot him.
Posted by: EON, LONDON on 10:35pm Sat 8 Dec 07
WELL DONE CROYDON POLICE YOU SLOW MUGS
WELL DONE CROYDON POLICE YOU SLOW MUGS
Posted by: Bob Peel, Croydon on 4:46pm Sun 9 Dec 07
[italic]"WELL DONE CROYDON POLICE YOU SLOW MUGS"[/italic]
It's not their fault - assaulting OAP's, blinding them, ruining their lives etc is not a target crime from the country's Labour leaders.
Now, if it had been mouthing off about our unwanted 'refugees,' 'asylum seekers' or mild homophobic crime - rest assured you'd be jumped on from on high.
If we had the old style policing the scummer would have been taken somewhere out of sight and got a kicking to sort him out. Right or wrong, it would have worked.
"WELL DONE CROYDON POLICE YOU SLOW MUGS"
It's not their fault - assaulting OAP's, blinding them, ruining their lives etc is not a target crime from the country's Labour leaders.
Now, if it had been mouthing off about our unwanted 'refugees,' 'asylum seekers' or mild homophobic crime - rest assured you'd be jumped on from on high.
If we had the old style policing the scummer would have been taken somewhere out of sight and got a kicking to sort him out. Right or wrong, it would have worked.
Posted by: Amy, surrey on 9:59am Mon 10 Dec 07
I Have Seen Him ON My Tram He Was Straing AT ME!!!![bold]bold[/bold] [italic]italic[/italic]
I Have Seen Him ON My Tram He Was Straing AT ME!!!!
Posted by: ANNE GILES, SELSDON on 10:53pm Sat 15 Dec 07
"He was Straing AT ME". What on earth does that mean???
"He was Straing AT ME". What on earth does that mean???
Posted by: common sence, surrey on 9:56am Thu 27 Dec 07
[quote]quote[/hooray!!quote
]
You silly people always miss the point.
1) If the guy Gordon had mental health issues why was he out on the streets in the first p[lace? He was terrorising staff at alders etc & god knows where else....
2) When will he be releaced? Under what guidance? etc etc
3)How many others are there like him out there right now as we speak?
Silly people
quote
You silly people always miss the point.
1) If the guy Gordon had mental health issues why was he out on the streets in the first p[lace? He was terrorising staff at alders etc & god knows where else....
2) When will he be releaced? Under what guidance? etc etc
3)How many others are there like him out there right now as we speak?
Silly people
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