Concerns Over Next Door Neighbour

duchy

Well yes actually it is !

What you've done is illegal and don't be surprised if you get a knock on your door.

Your best hope is to edit your posts as requested and hope the admin remove the entire thread quickly.

pearl123

OP - The law states that mentally ill people have a right to privacy.
http://www.bihr.org.uk/sites/default/files/bihr_mental-health_guide.pdf

Do you think that the man next door is really to only Schizophrenic in the area?
It absolutely illegal - he's broken the law.

3v3

Oh dear Another occasion of TMI!

Welshwoofs

The op has not broken the law by linking to a BBC News Article and the portions on the qualified right to privacy in that document are in written in respect to the actions of public authorities and not private individuals.

So please let's stop the scaremongering that the Op has broken the law as that's total nonsense. What he has done is breach Netiquette - it's simply a case of it being 'not the done thing' to give away information about an individual who's not involved in the thread and he should remove the article on that basis.

On the point of living in his house - honestly, yes I'd be a little uneasy if I knew I was living next door to someone who'd murdered one person and attempted to murder another; whatever their mental health issue was. I wouldn't move, nor would I do anything other than be slightly more vigilant. If it looks like he's going off the rails and he starts doing anything anti-social then go ahead and report him to the police.

pearl123

Welshwoofs wrote: »

The op has not broken the law by linking to a BBC News Article and the portions on the qualified right to privacy in that document are in written in respect to the actions of public authorities and not private individuals.

So please let's stop the scaremongering that the Op has broken the law as that's total nonsense. What he has done is breach Netiquette - it's simply a case of it being 'not the done thing' to give away information about an individual who's not involved in the thread and he should remove the article on that basis.

On the point of living in his house - honestly, yes I'd be a little uneasy if I knew I was living next door to someone who'd murdered one person and attempted to murder another; whatever their mental health issue was. I wouldn't move, nor would I do anything other than be slightly more vigilant. If it looks like he's going off the rails and he starts doing anything anti-social then go ahead and report him to the police.

No I'm certain he has broken the mental health law. And that is the individuals right to privacy. For instance a Psychaitrist can not even give out mental health details to family with the menally ill person permission.
It is not scaremongering - he broken the law. And this thread need to be pulled asap.

pearl123

Taken from mind website.
http://www.mind.org.uk/help/rights_and_legislation/the_human_rights_act_1998

These links bellow dont' work but you get the gist!

Human rights relevant to mental health
Article 2: The right to life
Article 3: The prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment Article 5: The right to liberty
Article 6: The right to a fair hearing
Article 8: The right to a private and family life
Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
>Article 10: Freedom of expression
Article 12: The right to marry
Article 14: The right not to be discriminated against
Article 1 of Protocol 1: The right to property
Article 2 of Protocol 1: The right to education
Article 3 of Protocol 1: The right to vote

Fire_Fox

The powers that be have worked their magic and deleted the offending posts, and the OP has belatedly decided identifying himself might not be such a great idea and has edited the initial post.

squidge60

If only every person was what we percieve them to be .......

Sorry i think you are blowing this out of porportion who knows when someone is going to blow/lose it with massive consequences
Just because there is gossip (and who knows whats true you have heard).

Not exactly a step forward for people with mental issues

Welshwoofs

pearl123 wrote: »

No I'm certain he has broken the mental health law. And that is the individuals right to privacy. For instance a Psychaitrist can not even give out mental health details to family with the menally ill person permission.
It is not scaremongering - he broken the law. And this thread need to be pulled asap.

No, he hasn't and I'd summise that you've not actually read the pdf that you posted. A Pyschiatrist's notes on his patients are confidential (as are all medical records) and the Data Protection Act prevents them handing them out to any Tom, !!!!!! or Harry that asks for them. However the rulings of criminal court cases are public information which is why the BBC were able to write an article on the bloke in the first place! The information is already in the public domain and linking to information in the public domain is NOT a crime!

What he posted wasn't illegal, it just wasn't very thoughtful or nice.

Gordon_Hose

There's some utter tosh posted in this thread.