A County Galway man, accused of
using a fake gun during an armed robbery bid in London's busy West
End, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act when he appeared at
Hammersmith Magistrates' Court today.David Joseph Coleman, 35, of Williams Town Road, Heston, Lee will be held at the Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health Unit.
He is charged with attempting to rob Gordon Okoye of cash at 550 Oxford Street on February 12 and possessing an imitation firearm, with intent to commit an indictable offence, namely a handgun.
Bearded Coleman, wearing a grey sweatshirt, appeared in custody and his case was immediately transferred to Southwark Crown Court for a prelimianry hearing on February 22.
The court (pictured) was told mental health workers assesed Coleman as having “dilussions and mania” and confuses fact with fiction.
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