IN-DEPTH: The Scandal of Killers in Psychiatric Hospitals Getting £11 Million in Benefits

The founder of a charity which supports the families of homicide victims says mentally ill killers are receiving more than £10 million a year in benefits and he says the money would be better spent on counselling and other services for the bereaved. Julian Hendy, founder of the Hundredfamilies charity, told The Epoch Times, “This money could be better spent on services for victims’ families. For a lot of families, they don’t get any therapy or counselling, or it’s minimal. The government has a budget of £5 million for [therapy and counselling] but it is mainly spent on rape victims and not the families of homicide victims.”...