ANYONE who thinks Oxford Health is being placed under too much scrutiny over Ian McLean’s departure from Littlemore Hospital should read today’s story from his victim Michelle Storer.

McLean is a man given a life sentence for stabbing Miss Storer so many times that doctors were unable to count up her wounds.

Her belief is that it was only the actions of her young daughter Leanne that saved her on that night in 2004.

McLean is clearly a man who has had mental health problems and no-one can argue against him being moved from prison to somewhere like Littlemore.

But there remains a duty of protection of the public and detention of prisoners and, in this instance, Oxford Health failed.

Whatever assessments have been done, that meant he was allowed to be in an unlocked unit. Soon after he wandered off, Oxford Health began to worry and the public were told to stay away from him.

True he did end up in Poland, but what would have stopped McLean deciding to head to Banbury and the blissfully unaware Miss Storer? Absolutely nothing. And that is what cannot be lost sight of.

McLean was a prisoner given a life sentence and however well his treatment was going, Oxford Health had an absolute legal and moral duty to enforce his detention at Littlemore Hospital.

Miss Storer, our readers and Oxford Health can rest assured we will continue to ask questions about this escapade until it is known who is culpable for allowing McLean’s Euro-jaunt.