Autistic man locked up 18 years may not be danger to public

The Supreme Court has been told that an autistic and intellectually disabled man locked up for half his life may not be a danger to the public as he's been made out to be and he may not even be intellectually disabled. It is also claimed the decade-old case law used to detain him for so long, is no longer relevant, Anusha Bradley speaks to Lisa Owen.

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