frank bruno sectioned under the Mental Health Act

[Don Rizzle]

Sad Bruno in mental home
By JOHN TROUP

BOXING hero Frank Bruno was last night sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

The tragic former world heavyweight champion, 41, was taken to hospital after police and medics were called to his mansion.

A police source said there was no violence but grimly confirmed: “He has been sectioned.”

Bruno’s last public appearance was on Friday as he plugged a panto with puppet Sooty.

Friends had recently feared for the former fighter’s mental state.

The star — famed for his catchphrase “Know Wot I Mean, ’Arry” — last month told how he slept in a boxing ring in his garden.

At other times he kipped in a tent.

At the weekend it was claimed that he had started believing he was racing legend Frankie Dettori.

Pals said Bruno was losing his sanity as he struggled to get over wife Laura, 43, walking out with their three children.

He had to pay her a £5million divorce settlement.

The loss of his wife of 11 years and kids Nicola, 20, Rachel, 16, and Franklin, seven, pushed him into a spiral of depression.

Yesterday police arrived at the palatial home where he now lives alone in Stondon Massey, near Brentwood, Essex, just before 2pm.

An ambulance crew was already there — and had called for back-up. Bruno was brought out 4½ hours later.

He was driven away in an ambulance escorted by a police car.

Last night Bruno was receiving treatment at Goodmayes Psychiatric Hospital near Ilford.

His housekeeper said: “It’s obvious Frank needs a lot of help. He has found it very hard to get the right sort of treatment and is feeling a lot of pressure.”

The world of boxing was shocked by the latest twist in the legend’s troubled life.

But The Sun’s boxing columnist Colin Hart told how Bruno had plagued him with calls as his illness raged on.

Colin, our boxing correspondent for 30 years, said: “They were often rambling and late at night. It was clearly a real cry for help.

“The divorce has affected him very deeply.

“He simply has no purpose in life, he hasn’t got a job. What has happened is terribly sad but it is for the best.

“At least now he can get the treatment and help he needs.”

Former European, British and Commonwealth champion Sir Henry Cooper OBE, 68, said: “The public loved Frank. It’s incredibly sad it has come to this.”

Bruno’s close friend, former world middleweight champion Steve Collins, 39, said: “Right now he needs his friends and family around him. I wish him the best.”

Ex-world featherweight champion Barry McGuigan said: “He was a very loved character. This is worrying and a concern for other fighters too.”

Last night a brain injury expert said the constant batterings Bruno took in the ring may have contributed to his mental illness.

Bruno’s hero Muhammad Ali was also left brain damaged. Retired neuropathologist Dr Helen Grant said: “I am not surprised that this has happened. Boxing is bad for the brain full stop.”

But boxing commentator Reg Gutteridge said: “Is it the punches he’s taken in the ring? I very much doubt it. Until recently he was as bright as a button.

“I think a lot of it is down to him leaving the ring and him not being the big man any more.”

Last month shambling Bruno checked into a clinic in Chelmsford, a few miles from his home.

Following his treatment at the £325-a-night Priory, he insisted: “I’m not suffering from depression. In fact I’ve never felt better. I’ve got everything I need and I don’t want for anything. All I want are a few more smiles.”

Bruno, who won the WBC heavyweight title in 1995, claimed this summer he was planning to come out of retirement. But boxing experts said his hope of taking on Olympic champion Audley Harrison was just a pipe dream.

When Bruno made his last public appearance promoting Christmas panto Aladdin he beamed for cameramen at the Wycombe Swan Theatre in High Wycombe, Bucks.

But as one pal revealed, behind the mask Bruno was cracking up. The chum said: “It was hard to make head or tail of what he was saying sometimes.”

Boxing promoter Frank Warren tried to persuade Bruno to seek medical advice two months ago. He said: “I’ve been told he has manic depression, but won’t accept it.”

[Don Seer]

damn thats sad

[CharlieBrown]

FUCK THE SUN for what they did, there original headline was 'Bonekrs Bruno Locked Up', they then changed it to a nicer one in a later edition, can't remember what, and on the front page today they've announced that they've set up a fund for Bruno. Fucking punk ass mother fuckers, if i ever see that Rebecca Wade in the street (or whatever the editor's called) i don't give a fuck that she's a woman, she is getting smacked down. Insensitive Bitch. I don't understand why so many peeps still read that paper after all the offensive headlines it has printed over the years.

Personally, i hope he gets better soon as depression is a horrible thing. And he must be majorly depressed to be under the Mental Health Act.

[HHH]

get well soon frank !!

[Don Seer]

i just saw that shit The Sun pulled in the star, everybody loves frank bruno.

[Adam Donnelly]

I will never buy the Sun
After them pictures they printed of FOE (r.i.p)

TWATS

[Eidolon_Ravi]

 Damn that's really sad...
 
 Boxing's really a fucked up sport... I mean it's all about two ppl. punching out each other.. it's sick to watch ppl doing That to each other.. looks damn uncivilized to me.. I sey it promotes violence among the young generation..

 SCRAP OFF THE SPORT!!  ..

 PASS A LEGISLATIONS BANNING THE SPORT... WE don't want to PAY AND see ppl fionghting inside a ring... when we;re trying to stop ppl fighting outside it...

 We have loads of other sports which helps in Body abuilding.

[Don Seer]

^ uh.. no one said it was to do with boxing..

its being said factors that affect it are 1) he's not quite the champ and idol he used to be (i.e. he's past it) 2) his wife left him, and took the kids

[Don Rizzle]

everybody loves frank bruno.

did you see him on that program where he moved in with a family for a few days about a year two ago? it showed him in a totally different light he is one of the most complain ungreatful people i've ever seen! you'd of thaught he'd want to hide that side when hes a guest in some1 elses house and it being recorded for a tv program.

but anyway hope he gets better. its a pitty he won't be able to fight audley anymore tho, i would've like to have seen that.

Posted by: Eidolon_Sun  Posted on: Today at 02:31:52pm  


Damn that's really sad...

Boxing's really a fucked up sport... I mean it's all about two ppl. punching out each other.. it's sick to watch ppl doing That to each other.. looks damn uncivilized to me.. I sey it promotes violence among the young generation..

SCRAP OFF THE SPORT!!  ..

PASS A LEGISLATIONS BANNING THE SPORT... WE don't want to PAY AND see ppl fionghting inside a ring... when we;re trying to stop ppl fighting outside it...

We have loads of other sports which helps in Body abuilding.  

boxing is more of a grown mans sport, if your worried about the children get things like wwf off the tv.

[bez]

Frank bruno was caught with his dick in some Ritz......a few weeks later he admitted he was fucking crackers.

[Don Seer]

Frank bruno was caught with his dick in some Ritz......a few weeks later he admitted he was fucking crackers.