A DESPERATE Batchley dad has spoken of his anxiety after his mentally ill son was threatened with an Italian jail 'for his own safety.'

Terry Danks, of Cedar Road, said 23-year-old Matthew, a schizo paranoic was holidaying in Zante when he suffered an episode and was hospitalised.

Mr Danks said hospital staff wanted Matthew, whose episodes can make him violent, to be arrested and taken to Tripoli, Italy, for fear of jeopardising others' and his own safety.

But the anxious dad-of-two is now hoping to enlist Redditch MP Jacqui Smith to help Matthew return to Britain.

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