00:00Last month, jurors at the Old Bailey took less than an hour to find Joseph not guilty by reason
00:07of insanity after a week-long trial. On Wednesday, Joseph was detained indefinitely under sections
00:1337 and 41 of the Mental Health Act at a disposal hearing at the Old Bailey. The 43-year-old
00:20former government IT contractor, Juan Joseph, emailed a foreign state and even travelled
00:26overseas attempting to arrange a meeting at an embassy there as he pursued a complaint against
00:32MI5. Joseph had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and did not have a guilty mind
00:39or know that what he was doing was wrong, according to Mr Justice Hilliard at the Old Bailey. Four
00:47psychiatrists were instructed in Joseph's case and all agreed that he should be given a restricted
00:54hospital order. Dr Michael Kayuma told the court that Joseph was in an early stage of his treatment
01:01and does not yet understand the seriousness of his actions, the seriousness of his risk
01:08and the importance of receiving treatment. Jurors heard that Joseph had the highest
01:13vetting clearance during his 11 years at MI5 as a systems engineer, security IT management engineer
01:19and senior support engineer. His contract was terminated in October 2020 after he was taken
01:27to St Thomas's Hospital in London.
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