Schizophrenic man detained for shoving finance expert in front of Tube

Edinburgh

A mental health patient who pushed a global finance expert in front of a rush hour Tube train one day after being released from hospital was locked up indefinitely today (mon). Former Royal Mail worker Alan Alencar, 29, shoved Alain Lesjongard, 55, on to the tracks and then calmly tried to leave by mingling in with horrified commuters rushing for the exit. Mr Lesjongard survived ‘by an extraordinary stroke of luck’ as he curled up in a foetal position between…

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