A man with a history of untreated mental illness and multiple legal troubles has been sentenced to 25 years for brutally slashing a woman over 30 times with a broken bottle in Leeds — an attack prosecutors say had sexual undertones. Having fled Sudan, Albashir was diagnosed with catatonic schizophrenia in France but stopped his meds and was deported after his asylum bid failed. He arrived in the UK via smugglers, with prior convictions including sexual assault. Though he claims no memory of the attack, the judge ruled mental health wasn’t an excuse. Albashir will now be held indefinitely in a secure mental hospital — potentially transferred to prison later if his condition improves — while authorities scramble to fix glaring gaps in border control and mental health care that allowed this tragedy to unfold.
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