The 11th and final
Psychiatric Report on Maurice, carried out by Dr. Silva from Ashworth, has been
followed up by removing him from the possibility of permanent exclusion from
society by use of Article 35 of the 1983 Mental Health Act. A VICTORY for
sanity and Maurice!
Maurice has also been removed
from the MAPPA surveillance system, but the authorities have refused to indicate
when he was placed on the list and when he was removed from it and, indeed, who
ordered him to be under such extreme (and expensive) scrutiny. Another VICTORY
for Maurice.
These two procedures have
meant that he has been ON REMAND since 22nd June 2009 being locked
away from society with £12 a week phone money but sometimes only minutes a day
access to a phone which is shared by many, so always in a queue and overheard
and monitored. It took 16 days for him to contact a lawyer with whom he had a
limited conversation. The phone is only available for a brief time after
breakfast. Not many Law Offices are open before 0830! As someone endeavouring
to conduct his own defence, he has access to pen and paper, envelopes and some
stamps but that is all. He is still on remand in Cardiff Prison.