Did he think he was invincible or had his charmed life as a Cambridge scholar and a diplomat made him arrogant? South Asians have experienced migration, problems with cultural assimilation, and sociodemographic disadvantage, and yet they experience only marginally higher rates of schizophrenia than those of the white British population. Here was a staunch socialist who for two decades had stood up for the underdog and railed against privilege. Brown was sentenced at Barkingside Magistrates' Court in Ilford on Wednesday. James Abbott-Thompson, 28, was arrested outside the . He has a lot of grand Tory friends while my friends are people from my own background. Now that shes put herself forward to lead the Labour Party I had the chance to ask her in her Westminster office. Ms Abbott made Jonathan Aitken, the former Conservative cabinet minister who served a prison sentence for perjury, her son's godfather, after she worked with him at Thames Television in the 1980s. Racism itself may contribute to social exclusion, increasing the vulnerability to schizophrenia. Currently youre being described as Labours token candidate, which, considering youve been an MP for well over twice as long as all the other leadership rivals, is an insult on many levels. 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Prosecutor Benn Maguire told the court the Labour MP was chased around her home by her son who said he had a gun in his pocket, although no gun was later found. this sad affair has been weaponised in scummy rags like the Sun, the Daily Mail and The Telegraph.Far from honorably being ignored.Ive worked on psychiatric wards.assaults on staff are extremely common,including sexual (groping, removing clothes).its extremely rare for charges to be brought. Having Diane Abbott as your mother may be considered a mitigating factor in a simple case, but carries less weight with offences at three hospitals and the FCO itself. The diplomat has now pleaded guilty to 16 offences including spitting and exposure over a six-month period, Daily Mail reports. 13 April 2012. James Abbott, 12, rang a radio phone-in on Tuesday after it emerged his mother was planning to send him to the 10,000 a year City of London School, rather than a comprehensive. I note from the story (The Mail! , To paraphrase Trotsky (real name Lev Bronstein): You may not be interested in Identity Politics, but Identity Politics is interested in you.. The teenage boy who fatally injured pregnant woman Diane Miller by throwing a piece of concrete at her in a suburban Perth car park has been sentenced to five years in juvenile detention. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. The other major question is where is the major news broadcasters on this issue absolutely silent it seems. Ms Abbott was approached byThe Telegraphfor comment after claims that her son had appeared in court began to circulate on the internet. The alleged offences include attacks on an emergency services workers, police officers, a nurse and a social therapist. More generally, it would be interesting to know why he left (/was recalled) from his FCO post in Rome. 'They are subjected to peer pressure and when that happens it's very hard for a mother to save her son. Cambridge graduate Abbott-Thompson had been tipped for a top job in the Foreign Office but he became hooked on crystal meth while stationed in Rome. Diane Abbott attempts to block coverage of son's court hearing DA Well it was intellectually indefensible. Late onset ones, if his early civil service career is anything to go by. in the first place might be worth an inquiry. And on November 29 he assaulted two officers outside the Foreign Office, where he was employed until leaving that summer to do consultancy work. BR Yes, but youre compartmentalising: Youve made your decision as a mother but then you have to go back to work and face DA Face who? Abbott's parents, originally from Jamaica, immigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. And they must have found that he was fit to be charged, otherwise hed have been sectioned. Id always had a lot of time for this doughty daughter of Jamaican immigrants who became the countrys first black woman MP in 1987, and remained the only one for a decade. He then sunk his teeth into an officer who was trying to detain him under the Mental Health Act. Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott's privately educated son, Diane Abbott quits the shadow cabinet: Labour veteran backs 'We're not your enemies!' Dearieme: were the schizophrenics you were involved in already heavy users of cannabis? Thats what you and some of my colleagues on the Left would never understand. Under the American system designed by the Brown govt the Sentencing Guidelines are quite specific: Diane Abbott in racist jibe storm - Evening Standard Mr Abbott-Thompson is the only son of Labour's shadow home secretary, and Ghanaian architect Richard Thompson. . The alleged attacks took place over the last six months at three London hospitals, the Homerton Hospital in Hackney, the Royal Free in Hampstead and Mile End Hospital in Tower Hamlets. The grey area between being criminally responsible and being a total nutter is very large indeed. I actually posted on Abbotts son yesterday at my blog. Yesterday it emerged the rising star had been hooked on drugs even before he joined the Foreign Office fast-track scheme in 2014. Exactly what we dont need. Abbott-Thompson had formerly enjoyed a meteoric rise within the Foreign Office after joining Diplomatic Fast Stream in 2014. She was accused of hypocrisy, but claimed she had done a lot of work on how black boys underachieve in secondary schools. The two incidents are not connected but police would have been at full stretch at the time. He was further charged with an offence under Section 4 of the Public Order Act.. Thats how racially aggravated charges usually work. Lawyers acting for the Labour front-bencher wrote to this newspaper after it approached her for comment. The police dont like to get involved in charging people with known mental health issues. The terrified MP called police begging for help when James Abbott-Thompson began chasing her round her house with the scissors while claiming he had a gun in his dressing gown. Were better than them in oh so many moral ways indeed since their whole envy-driven, hateful, violent, grasping creed is immoral, in ALL of them. So in this case, given the person was already involved with the mental health system I find it very unlikely that the police did not have him assessed by mental health professionals prior to be charged. Youre right. DA Id done a lot of work on how black boys underachieve in secondary schools so I knew what a serious problem it was. So, to be clear, the indictment would plead something like: Ahmed Smith-Scrote, on or about 19th August 2019, at Nelson Mandela Way, did poke on the snoot Kai Charburgundy-Osabanjo, and at the time of so doing, or immediately before so doing, was motivated in the said snoot-poking by hostility to Kai Charburgundy-Osabanjos race, namely Jedi. 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People on our side arent wired the same way. As for his parentage, I understand that a better man said That is my misfortune, not my fault. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Disorder_Act_1998#Racially_or_religiously_aggravated_offences. Abbott-Thompson punched and spat in the face of one officer and tried to hit a second, biting his left thumb. The last assault on a hospital worker is said to have taken place just two days before Christmas. Why? +1 beat me to it on drugs bet hes a dope-head (and/or smack, crack) and his progressive mother approved, You may not be interested in Identity Politics, but Identity Politics is interested in you. Not really, it depends on your history. Well, seven years and one question to be specific. Poor bugger. The final attack was on December 23 when Abbott-Thompson whacked a therapist in a hospital canteen with a tray. The terrified MP, pictured, called police begging for help when James Abbott-Thompson began chasing her round her house with the scissors while claiming he had a gun in his dressing gown. The Telegraph has now sensationally said that Abbott got lawyers involved to try and suppress this story: Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, on Tuesday night tried to prevent The Telegraphfrom publishing details of a court hearing at which her son was accused of assaulting a police officer. A few days later he beat up a doctor at Mile End Hospital, assaulted a female nurse at the Royal Free Hospital and hit out at another man. When I lived in Bucks my next door neighbours had been missionaries in Africa for years and their 2 sons had lived there as well. The terrified MP called police begging for help when James Abbott-Thompson began chasing her round her house with the scissors while claiming he had a gun in his dressing gown. Its not my place to forgive what she did with him but if it was Id struggle. Its amazing to comprehend what James Abbott-Thompson has thrown away by his own foolish actions. Details of the shocking case can be revealed for the first time after Abbott-Thompson pleaded guilty to 16 offences including spitting and exposure over a six-month period. that the fella was in the FO, in Rome. BR But werent you effectively letting the other black boys sink while helping your own son to swim and not really caring about what happened to those left behind? They would come up to me and shake my hand. In this race Id argue that if anything, with the exception of not having been a New Labour minister Im more qualified. https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Assault-definitive-guideline-Web.pdf, Apparently Essay Mills Must Be Made Illegal, Why Oxfam Can Go Boil Their Heads Over Vaccine Patents, The real point about climate change is how cheap the solution is, The excellent Tim Worstall- The Register, Tim Worstall is a darn good economist- Don Boudreaux, Tim Worstall, you pendant- Polly Toynbee, .more sensible than most right wing nutjob bloggersBob Piper. Thats the answer to your question as far as decent folk are concerned but the Left in the media dont share our moral scruples, theyre just trading on them to spare one of their leaders and let the story die. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Even though I take the libertarian view that people should be free to get high if they wish but should be responsible about getting high, Meth does seem to cause immense problems with the users mental health. Diane Abbott's son has been charged with a string of violent offences including allegedly assaulting police and NHS staff.James Abbott-Thompson, 28, was also accused of exposing himself in. Charlotte is daddy's double! He also sank his teeth into a police officer before battering two nurses, a doctor, a therapist and four more cops as they desperately tried to detain him under the Mental Health Act in a "drug-induced psychosis". We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Doggy day-care! On another occasion, he smashed a female nurses glasses, saying: Bitch you think you are white? 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But when I heard in 2003 that shed taken her 11-year-old son James out of the state education system and sent him to the 10,000-a-year City of London School, I was gobsmacked by her hypocrisy. Another explanation could be that the social stigma of mental illness in society, and the black Caribbean community in particular, means theyd rather face criminal charges than admit mental health problems? I didnt go. Hah! The court was told that most of the incidents relate to a time when Mr Abbott-Thompson was being treated for mental health issues. I was worried and isolated. The tennis legend debuts her new baby bump as she and husband Alexis Met Gala 2023 live: Rihanna finally arrives! Twas never gonna happen, because were dealing with two different tribes with different values and patterns of behaviour. DIANE Abbott's son chased her with scissors and bit a cop in one of nine vicious attacks on emergency workers. It's better to have a little sugar than any sweetener at all, says Gut Health Guru Dr Megan Rossi. Rebecca Camber for the Daily Mail The newspaper continued that after he was detained he want on to commit further violent offences. Wood Green Crown Court heard how one of his victims needed six months off work after Abbott-Thompson claimed to be HIV positive, while others were left with significant injuries. Then have children. So probably said something about race when attacking. Mr Abbott-Thompson attended the brief hearing at Thames Magistrates Court in east London on Tuesday but his mother was not in court. In her first detailed comments on the controversy, she told BBC. Now! UNN will be discussing this on our live show tonight at 21:00 and as The Telegraph alludes to this incident happened just after the Terror Attack stretching Police resources. DA Theres always this assumption if youre a black person whos done something, that someone has given you a bye. 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Yesterday the ex-diplomat was handed an indefinite hospital order and banned from entering the Foreign Office after attacking police officers there and throwing a stone at a member of the public when he was refused entry after being sacked last summer. 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Thanks, an interesting read and obviously an under researched area and it looks like a combination of factors and would make uncomfortable reading in some quarters, especially the link to family separation: CONCLUSION "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. In my experience neither the rozzers nor the CPS are, past a certain point of criminality, interested in making nice and humane and on this occasion, I do not criticise them for that (theres plenty else we can stick the boot into the bastards for). BR Making that decision though must have caused you a lot of pain and soul-searching over the years? Its also interesting to speculate as to why Abbott-Thompson thought he could get away with not becoming addicted to a substance that has ruined the lives of many others? I am wrestling with the concept of racially motivated criminal damage. 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I learnt that the constabulary werent interested they had a deal with the uni that any such case that didnt involve harm to others should be dealt with by the uni health service. By Maybe he misheard that Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote.