A man in the New Forest is issued a hospital order after actions that local churches say frightened people and disrupted services. Reports identify the defendant as Benjamin Lewis, 48. According to coverage, Lewis left rotting lamb corpses outside church buildings, including placements described as near or on church fixtures such as pulpits and light fittings. The reports also say he left inverted crosses as part of the same incident sequence. Churchgoers in the area reportedly became too scared to attend services following the discoveries. One outlet describes Lewis as identifying with a satanist persona and as drinking animal blood, and it says he referred to himself as “Dracula,” though the reporting is framed around allegations and characterizations made in the coverage. The court order directs the person to be held in hospital rather than serving a standard prison sentence. The available accounts focus on the locations, the nature of the items left near the churches, and the resulting impact on attendance, with the hospital order as the legal outcome.
Hospital order issued for man after leaving animal corpses and religious symbols near churches
A man in the New Forest is issued a hospital order after actions that local churches say frightened people and disrupted services. Reports identify the defendant as Benjamin Lewis, 48. According to co...
- Benjamin Lewis, 48, is the subject of the reports.
- Churches in the New Forest report that animal corpses (described as lamb bodies) are left near or on church-related items.
- Inverted crosses are reported to have been left at or near the churches.
- Churchgoers say they are frightened and some avoid attending services after the incidents.
- A hospital order is issued following the case’s legal proceedings.
Benjamin Lewis, 48, left church goers in the New Forest too scared to attend services after leaving the rotting bodies of animals on pulpits and light fixtures along with inverted crosses.
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