- The car he was passenger in
- came off the road
- at ninety miles per hour
- and collided
- with concrete and steel.
- 1996.
- A former bodybuilder,
- he was left barely able to walk.
- Legs:
- constant feeling
- like someone digging
- a knife
- right into the joints.
- He spends days in bed.
- Struggles to complete
- even simple movements.
- An assessment by the company
- of behalf of the Department,
- conducted over one hour
- in January 2012 –
- “talk
- listen
- touch your head” –
- found him
- fit for work.
- He said
- “It’s enough to make you wonder
- would it not be easier
- if I killed myself?”
- A spokesperson
- for the Department
- said
- “We have made
- considerable improvements
- to the assessment
- to make it fairer and more
- effective.”
[The Northern Echo, 15/04/2013, Former bodybuilder from Willington who can barely walk contemplated suicide after nurse ruled him fit to work]