kamil ahmad was an iraqi asylum—seeker.s neighbourjeffrey barry, who'd been released from a psychiatric hospital just hours earlier. michael buchanan reports. drunk and armed. jeffrey barry heads towards his neighbours flat. a knife is visible. moments later it would be used in a frenzied and sustained attack that killed kamil ahmad. shortly after dismembering the iraqi asylu m shortly after dismembering the iraqi asylum seeker, jeffrey barry called the police. today's report said kamil ahmad should still be alive and that a failure to address his killers racism contributed to his death. both men had mental health problems and lived in the sheltered housing complex. between 2013 and 2016, barry attack kamil ahmad here on six separate occasions. jeffrey barry was obsessed with kamil ahmad because he was an iraqi asylum seeker. he was a racist who was mentally unwell says today's report, rather than a mentally sick man whose racism was a manifestation of his illness. i think this barry as having mental health issues... alex i

kamil ahmad consequences for the family and for kamil.or the family and for kamil. kamil ahmad came to consequences for the family and for kamil. kamilahmad came to bristol to seek refuge and instead died at the hands of a racist having been failed by the agencies meant to protect him. a leading health academic has said that the scandal at gosport war memorial hospital could happen elsewhere in the nhs. relatives of the more than a50 people whose lives were cut short by excessive use of painkillers say they want justice — and are calling for prosecutions. our correspondent richard lister in is gosport. those families are still coming to terms with the astonishing revelations from the report yesterday and its impact is widespread, putting the spotlight on the way those issues were dealt with by medical staff, by health service officials, by watchdog groups and ultimately by the police. all of those groups failed in their duty of ca re those groups failed in their duty of care here. the families say those responsible for that should be held

is visible, and moments later, it would be used in a frenzied and sustained attack that killed kamil ahmadismembering the iraqi asylum seeker, jeffrey barry called the police. today's report says mr ahmad should still be alive, and that a failure to recognise his killer's racism contributed to his death. both men had mental health problems, and lived in this sheltered housing complex. between 2013 and 2016, barry attacked ahmad here on six different occasions. jeffrey barry was obsessed with kamil ahmad because he was an iraqi asylum seeker. he was a racist who was mentally unwell, says today's report, rather than a mentally sick man whose racism was a manifestation of his illness. i think they sold barry as having mental health issues... alex riggs runs a charity that helped kamil ahmad after jeffrey barry had attacked him. he told us that he'd been assaulted, he'd had teeth knocked out because of the incident. he was being verbally, racially abused and threatened. shortly before he killed, barry had been detained in this psychiatric hospital. he had a long history of violence and schizop

kamil ahmad was an iraqi asylum—seeker.h by his neighbourjeffrey barry, who had been released from a psychiatric hospital just hours earlier. michael buchanan reports. drunk and armed, jeffrey barry heads towards his neighbour's flat. a knife is visible. moments later, it would be used in a frenzied and sustained attack and kill kamil ahmad. shortly after dismembering him, he called the police. today's report says he should still be alive, and that a failure to address the racism of his killer led to his death. both men had mental health problems and lived in this sheltered housing complex. jeffrey barry attacked kamil ahmad on six separate occasions. he was obsessed with him for being an iraqi asylum seeker. he was mentally unwell. is racism was a manifestation of his illness. they saw. . . alex manifestation of his illness. they saw... alex runs a charity which helped kamil ahmad after jeffrey barry attacked him. he said he was assaulted and had his teeth knocked out. he was being verbally and racially abused and threaten

moments later it would be used in a frenzied attack that killed kamil ahmad.failure to fully recognise his killer's races recognise his killer's racism contributed to his death. the two men, who both had mental health problems, lived in this sheltered housing complex. today's report says there were at least six incidents between the two men between 2013 and 2016 while they stayed at this property. they included barry punching kamil ahmad as well as a racially aggravated assault. despite that and barry's well—known violent history, the two men were allowed to continue living together at this supported housing complex. barry obsessed with ahmed because he was racist, the report said. the report says he was a person with racist views he was mentally ill, rather than a mentally ill person whose racism was a manifestation of their illness. the head of the local safeguarding board says improvements have been made. we can never stop all the risk, we can never do that. what we can do is try to mitigate against that risk. there are considerable resources, both people a

barry, obsessed with kamil ahmad because he was a race it, the report said.ly ill person with racism as a manifestation of his illness. we can never stop all of the risk, we can never do that. what we can do is try to mitigate against the risk. there are considerable resources, both people and money being spent in bristol. we have a new hate crime and discrimination service that was launched by bristol city council last year. shortly before he killed, jeffrey barry had been detained in a psychiatric hospital. but a mental health tribunal, unaware of his history decided to release him. then they failed to plan his discharge. jeffrey barry was out with a sheltered housing provider, given just hours to prepare for his return. the family believe that the head of the trust must consider their position. it was under her watch that these calamitous consequences happen. kamil ahmad came to britain seeking refuge, instead he died at the hands of a racist. let‘s discuss this with professor peter kinderman, head of the institute of psychology, health and society at the

they included barry punching kamil ahmad as well as a racially aggravated assault as well.hat he is a racist but that is the central conclusion of the safeguarding report. and all of this compounded bya number of report. and all of this compounded by a number of specific failings in the days leading up to the murder? indeed, these are terrible. what happened is jeffrey indeed, these are terrible. what happened isjeffrey barry indeed, these are terrible. what happened is jeffrey barry was detained under the mental health act ata detained under the mental health act at a private hospital but appealed. mental health tribunal was sitting but they were not provided with all the information related to his violent mental health history. they decided to release him against the advice of two psychiatrists and jeffrey barry‘s own brother. error was compounded by the fact the person who was meant to be planning for his discharge did not do it quickly enough, so the social housing complex at which she stayed with kamil ahmad was only given a few hours warning that he was coming. they d