Former West Bromwich care home worker sent to high-security psychiatric unit after slipping bleach into drinks
A former special constable from West Bromwich who used a bleach-like substance to poison colleagues at a care home is set to be admitted to a high-security psychiatric unit.
Melissa Swift was made the subject of an interim hospital order after a judge heard the 24-year-old may have a mental disorder.
Swift, of Hambletts Road, West Bromwich, is now likely to be transferred from custody to Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire within the next 28 days.
She pleaded guilty in February to three counts of attempted murder after an investigation into her conduct at the Goldfield Court home in West Bromwich.
The former police volunteer further admitted making threats to kill after posting anonymous letters smeared with blood to two other victims, including her older sister.
Birmingham Crown Court was told Swift remained in custody awaiting sentence.
Judge Philip Parker QC, who was handed initial reports from a doctor based at Rampton, granted an interim hospital order lasting up to three months.
Swift, who was not in court, is now likely to be sentenced later this year.
A previous hearing was told the carer had been a special constable with West Midlands Police until a month prior to her arrest in August 2014.
