Hainault sword attack: teenage boy killed in attack understood to be Daniel Anjorin – latest updates

Daniel Anjorin, was a student at the private Bancroft’s school in Woodford Green

Too many people with mental health issues who have committed violent crimes missed out on treatment as a result of cuts to support services, Sadiq Khan has warned.

In an interview with the Guardian, he said such crimes were preventable and said years of austerity has left NHS mental health provision on its knees.

We’ve had too many examples in recent years of people responsible for the most serious crimes having mental ill health.

I’m in no way excusing criminality but it’s quite clear there are complex causes – deprivation, poverty, alienation, lack of opportunity, ill health. Of course we’re tough on crime and support the police, but we also need to be tough on the complex causes of crime.