Care for the mentally ill, but protect the public, too

17th Nov 2006, 07:50 GMT

For the family of Denis Finnegan, murdered by the paranoid schizophrenic John Barratt while cycling in London's Richmond Park, yesterday's commendably thorough report into the circumstances of the killing must make hard reading. It reveals an unforgivable failure of the risk-management process following a series of crass professional misjudgments.