Eating disorder man to sue over clinic stay

A 31-STONE British man who was taken to a mental health clinic against his will because he could not stop eating said yesterday he planned to sue the local authorities.

Chris Leppard, 23, of Hastings, East Sussex, suffers from Prader-Willi Syndrome, which means he cannot tell when his stomach is full and could eat so much he could die.

Social services used powers normally used to “detain mentally ill people who might harm themselves or others” to forcibly detain him against his will.