AN INQUEST INTO the fatal shooting of George Nkencho by gardaí has heard how the deceased was detained under the Mental Health Act by gardai and threw furniture at his family in the year before his death. Mr Duguid told a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court that Mr Nkencho had been detained under the Mental Health Act by gardaí on 12 January, 2020. After another visit on 15 July, 2020 when Mr Nkencho was reported to be verbally and physically aggressive, a doctor recommended that his mental health should be assessed. Mr Duguid outlined how mental health specialists called to the family home on 4 August, 2020 and again two days later to assess Mr Nkencho but he was not present. He pointed out that mental health covered “a wide spectrum” and it was impossible to arrange scenarios that covered everything.