Paul Beale spent more than 40 years of his life as a patient in care. The treatment he received has been outlined to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission on Inquiry.
Beale, who is 69, was first admitted as a patient at the Kimberley Centre, near Levin at the age of 10 and spent 44 years there.
He functions at a very basic intellectual level.
Beale has no awareness of physical danger and can not make decisions for himself. Continue reading