ASBO on 'suicide' woman upheld

BBC Friday, 29 April, 2005,

A judge has refused to lift an ASBO on a young woman made repeated suicide attempts.
Kim Sutton from Bath jumped into rivers, dangled from a bridge and threatened to leap from multi-storey car parks.

The 23-year-old is not mentally ill, but does have a personality disorder and her barrister said she needed help not legal sanctions.

However, the judge said the ASBO was necessary to protect rescuers and members of the public and remarked that since it had been imposed she had not made further suicide attempts.
Criticising the decision, "Marjorie Wallace of mental health charity SANE said: "I think it's very sad. It looks as though everybody has given up on her.

"Although it was said that she didn't have a mental illness we are coming across more and more people who are getting these ASBOs instead of getting the mental health services they need." Yes...that's right it says "safe , just and tolerant society"