Brett Ewins 2

Back in March I wrote about my friend Brett Ewins (read it here.) I can update it now but, before I continue, I need to correct something I wrote then. I said that it was a blow to the head that caused Brett to collapse and his heart to stop for fifteen minutes – I have found out since that, whilst he did receive a blow to the head, more than one in fact, it was some minutes later, after a continuing struggle, that he suffered a heart attack.

I promised to keep the story updated but that hasn't been easy as reliable information has been hard to come by. I did go to see him in prison a couple of times and would have gone more but we were being told that he was coming out on bail almost every week. He never did. He was held on remand for the full seven months despite the fact that the judge seemed quite keen on getting him out.

This is the first of a number of things I am not clear about. In this instance the best I can say is I think the fact that he wasn't allowed home had something to do with a lack of cooperation by the local health authority psychiatrist responsible for Brett's care. Possibly because of questions being raised about the new anti-psychotic meds Brett had been put on at the time of the incident.