12 Jul 2022

Former Lake Alice patient wants compensation

From Morning Report, 7:37 am on 12 July 2022

A former patient of the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital's child and adolescent unit wants compensation now for the treatment he endured.

The UN Committee Against Torture has ruled Malcolm Richards was a victim of torture during his two-month stay in the 1970s, and should be provided with appropriate redress.

Manawatū reporter Jimmy Ellingham has more.