Evidence Of  Torture

Torture And The Law

UK citizens are protected from exposure to torture by the Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 3

• Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment is an absolute right which means no one has the power to remove this right under any circumstances. 

The United Nations Convention Against Torture definition of torture includes "intimidating or coercing" a person.

• I first became subjected to coercion prior to my divorce as a means of forcing me to accept injustice after suffering a psychiatric injury.
• I was subjected to relentless deliberate sleep deprivation in every place I subsequently lived in South Wales with every Government official I reported it to allowing it to continue.
• I was left subjected to illegal and inhumane sleep deprivation almost continuously for over a decade!! It also felt like there were attempts to disturb my sleep even when I was homeless with noise at night from low flying aircraft, vehicles with loud exhausts etc.. (The level of sleep loss was much less when I was homeless however).

Sleep deprivation is a recognised form of psychological torture 

• The police and my family left me subject loud banging by my neighbours at hourly intervals throughout the entire night every night.
• The anger invoked by this, combined with releases of adrenalin from sudden loud bangs prevents a person from falling back to sleep before the next bang.
• The sleep deprivation I was being subjected to began to drive me suicidal - my sister, (Ruth), thought this was "funny" and was more interested in chatting on the phone with people like Camilla's brother Mark Shand when I appealed to her for help.
• When in 2010 when I ended up in a mental hospital due to the effects of being tortured, my sister, (Ruth), made exceedingly damaging false statements about my mental health to psychiatrists as can be seen in medical notes I've retrieved. At the time she made these statements she would have known they were false and highly damaging.

Harmful Effects Of Sleep Deprivation

There are many exceedingly damaging effects of sleep deprivation on a persons physical and mental health - some are permanent:

• Enduring personality change (See W.H.O. ICD10 F62 and F62.0)
• Type II Diabetes (A very serious disease)
• Hypertension
• Heart Attack and Stroke
• Brain Fog and Poor Concentration (significant increased risk of accidents and injuries)
• Memory Loss
• Psychiatric Disorders (including paranoia)
• Candida fungal infections
  • Glucose metabolism is adversely affected by lack of sleep, resulting in higher blood sugar levels and thus yeast infections.
  • Stress and lack of sleep stresses the adrenal glands and adversely affects copper metabolism making candida problems worse. 
• Compromised REM sleep 
  • Adversely affects learning and emotional wellbeing (and other problems too) 

Reckless Behaviour Of Mental Health Services 

It's highly likely mental health services were behind the abuse I was subjected to in the community. The following articles highlight the issue:

• Too much coercion in mental health services | Richard Bentall | The Guardian
• Mental health services 'often inhumane' | Mental health | The Guardian

Psychiatrists are bound by medical ethics just like other physicians and to have subjected me to coercive techniques that exposed  me to significant risk of very serious and permanent harm to my health is outrageous.

Two of the four Pillars of Medical Ethics are:

• Beneficence – Do Good
• Non-maleficence – Do No Harm

In their relentless attempt to cover up the psychiatric injury I received, they have persistently breached some of the most important medical ethics designed to prevent harm. Consultant Psychiatrists are very intelligent and must have a general medical degree - they couldn't possibly have been unaware of the horrific health risks they exposed me to. 

Those responsible for my treatment in the community deserve to be struck off by the GMC and jailed.

Also see the Criminal Negligence page for further details of my Mental Health misdiagnosis.

Evidence Of Harm Caused By Psychological Torture (Sleep Deprivation)

It is well known that sleep deprivation upsets the body's glucose metabolism that regulates blood sugar. When a person is persistently deprived of sleep blood sugar levels rise naturally occurring yeast in the blood multiply to levels that cause candida fungal infections.

• There is an absolute correlation between candida infections I suffered and the worst of the sleep deprivation I suffered.
  • I persistently suffered candida infections while adjoining neighbours were disturbing my sleep at night.
  • Not once have I suffered a fungal infection while I've been living rough.

The following photos provide evidence of the candida infections I've suffered:

• Large gaps in the dates correlate with my numerous periods of homelessness.