It is accepted Central Mental Hospital does not have bed capacity, but court must answer consequences of finding man's detention unlawful under Article 40 of the Constitution, says counsel

A mentally ill man serving life for murder, who was transferred from prison some years ago to the Central Mental Hospital, has lost his Supreme Court bid to be considered for conditional release having served some 14 years.

A man who said he was wearing a bomb belt rigged to explode by remote control caused a major scare in a Brussels commercial district before police found the device contained only salt and biscuits, officials said.

The Yorkshire Ripper should be returned to prison after psychiatrists said he is no longer mentally ill, according to the son of the first woman killed by Peter Sutcliffe.