Southern Health has said it is working to improve the links between mental health support and other services in the wake of inquests into the deaths of Alex Sartain and Councillor James Nash. Mr Sartain shot and subsequently attacked Cllr Nash during a confrontation at the latter’s home on August 5, 2020, before dying in a road traffic collision later that day. During the inquest, it was revealed that communication issues between the mental health team and the Adelaide Medical Centre meant that concerns over Mr Sartain’s mental state were not picked up on. Southern Health said it has since carried out a review into its interactions with him, and said it is constantly working “to ensure people get the most joined up mental health care possible”.
A coroner has ruled that a man who killed a children’s author died following a police pursuit when he struck a tree at 145mph after taking cannabis.
Alex Sartain had attacked Cllr James Nash at his home in Upper Enham, near Andover, on August 5, 2020. Following this incident, Mr Sartain returned to his father’s workshop, before leaving on a motorbike and dumping weapons and blood-stained clothing by the side of the road. He was then found by a police helicopter, with a short pursuit taking place. However, Mr Sartain then “accelerated significantly” and officers lost track of him. Shortly afterwards, while taking a corner on the A343 at Doiley Hill, near Hurstbourne Tarrant, he clipped a car and lost control of his bike, hitting a tree at high speed.
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A parish councillor was shot and then beaten to death by a neighbour with mental health issues who was convinced the victim was a spy working for Russian president Vladimir Putin to spread Covid-19, an inquest has heard. Alex Sartain, 34, used a home-made double-barrelled shotgun to shoot James Nash, 42, in the front garden of his cottage in Upper Enham, on August 5, 2020. He then repeatedly stamped on the head of the children s book author, causing him fatal head injuries, the Winchester inquest was told. Mr Sartain himself died later that day when he crashed his motorcycle while being pursued by police. An inquest into his death will be held on Wednesday.
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