the wintriness in scotland could get down to lower levels. again windy across scotland, northern ireland and the of england, the met office has a yellow weather warning ad for this, but will get more windy and more unsettled friday night to saturday. thank you, see you later. we want to tell you now about a man called tony hickmott. he s 43 and he s been detained for the last 20 years, 100 miles from home. tony hasn t committed a crime. he has autism and he s held in a specialist hospital while his parents are desperately fighting to get him housed in their local community. sadly, tony s case is not unique. around 100 people in england have been held in specialist hospitals for at least two decades, as jayne mccubbin reports. 0njune 29 2001, time stood still for pam and roy. nine months, be away for nine months until they found him a suitable place in the brighton area, that s what we were told. but it was far from the truth.
Elderly couple say autistic son has been trapped in hospital for 20 years
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2013. this month, the family went to the core of protection to try and break the deadlock. there, a judge said the delays facing tony have been egregious, but the progress made to date has been glacial. the judges told him to get on with it, right? they re still not doing it. we re still fighting over money. they took the unusual step of lifting the anonymity order because she said she had no doubt tony s case is in the public interest. and it was clear that a lack of resources had left him detained for so long. tony s care right now is funded by the nhs, but ongoing support in the community will have to be paid for by his council, who told us. they re working with nhs and tony s family to find other options. it s a decade since bbc cameras captured the neglect and abuse of people with learning disabilities in
smith, is in leaving the united kingdom. sarah smith, is in correspondence, - leaving the united kingdom. sarah smith, is in correspondence, thank you. scotland correspondence, thank you. a man with autism and learning disabilities has been held in a secure unit for 21 years because of a lack of support in the community. a seniorjudge has criticised the authorities for outrageous delays in handling the case. bbc news has now succeeded in getting a court order lifted, allowing us to name tony hickmott, who s 44. his case is by no means an exception. the latest figures show there are more than 2,000 patients with learning disabilities or autism in similar situations across england. bbc news has learned that at least 100 of them have been held in secure settings for more than 20 years. our correspondentjayne mccubbin has been to meet tony hickmott s parents, who ve taken their fight to the court of protection to get their son back. nine months. he d be away for nine months until they
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