I concur with what Justin has said - Colin falls through the cracks of our
legal system. Our current sheltered accommodation facilities (eg: Com
Care, Fountain House, etc) would not accept him - not that Colin would stay
there anyway. Does anyone remember Greg (Martens?) who died a few years
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Justin Ashley
justin.ash...@bridge-pt.comwrote:
So tell me, what else exactly should the 'authorities' do?
Thanks Justin - I am aware of the measures that have been taken to help
Colin buit after 14 years of living in Obs and seeing Colin plus the 5
years I
Hi All,
Colin has been setting up camp in BowdenRroad (and i'm sure elsewhere) for
many years, on and off. Every year as winter approaches he becomes more
regular, gravitating towards the shelter of my front afdak.
Initially, I was ok with it, especially on wet nights, but it's become too
My sympathies - but Colin has long been a problem. Numerous attempts to
house/rehabilitate/whatever him have been made - without success. Rob
Gaylard, Kenneth Roman, Obsid and maybe others have all been involved. I'm
not sure whether or not Cape Mental Health is involved. They are close to
the
Reply-To: obsnw@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [obsnw] Colin
My sympathies - but Colin has long been a problem. Numerous attempts to
house/rehabilitate/whatever him have been made - without success. Rob
Gaylard, Kenneth Roman, Obsid and maybe others have all been involved. I'm
not sure whether
*Subject: *Re: [obsnw] Colin
My sympathies - but Colin has long been a problem. Numerous attempts to
house/rehabilitate/whatever him have been made - without success. Rob
Gaylard, Kenneth Roman, Obsid and maybe others have all been involved. I'm
not sure whether or not Cape Mental Health
This might sound a tad facetious but have you tried soap and water? I am
pretty sure Colin's allergic to those agents and will move on if they are
liberally applied.
Make you area less hospitable - fence it off, lock the gates, whatever it
takes to prevent his access or comfortable lodgings.
Trevor that's just not true.
The problem with Colin is that he is mentally ill. When he takes his meds, he
becomes a peaceful decent and well-behaved guy. But he doesn't like his meds so
he stops taking them and becomes the Colin we know.
So over the years, many times, we have engaged social
The church used to have a caretaker who attended to these things, I suppose he
no longer does.
H
- Original Message -
From: David Raphael
To: obsnw@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:11 AM
Subject: [obsnw] Colin Nest?
The attached is in the Wesley church
*To:* obsnw@googlegroups.com
*Sent:* Monday, August 02, 2010 7:11 AM
*Subject:* [obsnw] Colin Nest?
*The attached is in the Wesley church garden in Milton Road. It is
impossible to walk past without noticing the smell! *
* *
*I urge you to use your cell phone cameras to post evidence of crime
With assistance from Cape Mental Health, the police, and Vetus
Schola, we finally secured an involuntary admission for Colin to
Groote Schuur. He has been assessed by the psychiatrists at Ward C23
over the weekend. During his stay there he has been cooperative and
well-behaved. Their view is that
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