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"Ivan
Henry’s incarceration resulted in him suffering from a paranoid
delusion disorder and, since his release from prison, Henry has had
symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and high levels of anxiety, a
judge was told Tuesday. Henry, who spent 27 years behind bars
after being wrongfully convicted of a series of sex offences against
Vancouver women, first started manifesting a psychotic illness when he
was arrested for the sex crimes in 1982, said Dr. Adrian Grounds, a
forensic psychiatrist. Grounds, who was described by Henry’s
lawyer as a leading expert on wrongful convictions, said that from his
arrest until his conviction in 1983, Henry was overwhelmed by the
charges against him and developed “complex paranoid ideas” while he was
in Oakalla prison. “He thought the floor (of his cell) was
vibrating and some machinery under the cell was causing this. He
described thinking the cell was moving as if on rails. He said this
happened throughout his time in Oakalla.” Grounds said it was the
beginning of a psychotic illness and told B.C. Supreme Court Chief
Justice Christopher Hinkson that the psychosis continued after he’d been
convicted and sentenced.........In 1983 Henry was convicted of 10 sex offences against
eight women. He was designated a dangerous offender and jailed
indefinitely. He maintained his innocence but his attempts to get an
appeal went nowhere until 2006, when the criminal justice branch
appointed a special prosecutor to look at whether a miscarriage of
justice had occurred. The B.C. Court of Appeal released him on
bail and in 2010 found that he’d been wrongfully convicted. He is in
court now seeking compensation from the provincial, federal and
Vancouver municipal governments, alleging police were negligent and the
prosecutors failed to disclose material to him at trial.
http://www.theprovince.com/ivan+henry+wrongful+conviction+prompted+paranoid+delusion+disorder+psychiatrist+testifies/11348122/story.html