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Our situation is that this guy lived in the flat on-and-off with an elderly neighbour, who just about managed to keep him in check. She went into full-time care a coupla years ago and he's been left to fly solo. There's periods of him clearly not taking his medication and going into complete meltdown.


I thought when the old dear went into a home that her property would be sold to pay for her care, but he's obviously lived there long enough, even intermittently, to keep tenancy. Plus, as your council employee stated, where are they going to put him? Even if they could find him somewhere it would be expensive, so his current living arrangement is probably of 'best value' to the council. They just keep him in there, keep their fingers crossed he's taking his medication and staying out of trouble.


But he's not keeping out of trouble, he's keeping the building awake at night with his antics which he clearly knows are drawing attention to him. It's why he does it - acting like a child looking for attention. It's extremely fucking unnerving to be woken by a cunt across the close giving you your character, even when you haven't had a conversation with them for years. He appeared in the close with a knife one night about a year ago, damage was caused, and he got a fine, a slap on the wrist and promptly put back into the building.


And now, as i mentioned earlier, he looks to be developing a drug habit. He never EVER left the place. Now he's in and out constantly, down to hang about the shops to pick up whatever he's self-medicating with. The house is stinkin' and he's emaciated. The future doesn't look good, so we're offski.