If A Man With A Very Low Iq Was Arrested For A Serious Crime And Deemed Not Fit To Stand Trial What Would..

[sandyRoe]

...happen to him?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-36213350

[Old_Geezer]

What have you done now, Sandy ?

[Jackdaw33]

He would be sectioned, I assume.

[Old_Geezer]

It sounds like he needs permanent supervision. Surely a hospital or secure house of some kind would be the only reasonable solution.

[RATTER15]

I'm not sure IQ would have anything to do with it!

He would clearly need to be assessed to check his level of mental capacity.

[Jackdaw33]

44 is very low for an IQ. Anything below 70 indicates severe mental abnormality. I can't understand how he managed to survive in the outside world.

[EDDIE51]

He would be detained under the mental health rules, which means he has to be sectioned. Probably spend the rest of his life in a secure mental hospital.

[Peter Pedant]

i have done vulnerable defendants

http://www.theadvocatesgateway.org/intermediaries#england-and-wales-intermediaries-for-defendants-in-criminal-cases

and

http://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/R_v_Dixon_(2013)_EWCA_Crim_465,_(2013)_MHLO_42

but I er read the question which is on ' unfit to plead'
and is done here
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/l_to_o/mentally_disordered_offenders/index.html#a09

The old law is that if you were unfit to plead you could be detained at her majesty's pleasure ( which was bad news in this category ) and THAT meant that someone who er hadnt done it ( er no no surely not in this paradise of a legal system no no no ) might be detained for life and be innocent and without a trial ....
so as you can imiagine it has been changed but I am not sure what to.....

[hc4361]

If found guilty, secure mental hospital

[Jackdaw33]

If unfit to plead then he cannot be tried, although there can be a trial of the facts which will not result in any punishment.

[Baldric]

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/Pages/mental-capacity.aspx

[sandyRoe]

^^^ The McDermott brothers.