A man who was arrested by police after being found in possession of a 'rape kit' has been detained in hospital.
Kyle Morgan, 21, was found carrying a bag containing a large hunting knife, hand cuffs, an eye mask, a set of limb restraints and an open mouth gag after he was spotted acting suspiciously by an off-duty police officer.
The officer called police, who were deployed to the area of woodland near Bebington, on the Wirral.
When asked by police why he had the items, Morgan said: "Because I wanted to kill someone."
He later told officers he was going to 'find someone and kill them' and then make it up as he went along.
His mobile phone was examined and it revealed he had been searching pornography sites for images of 'sex with dead people.'
At Liverpool Crown Court, Morgan was made the subject of a hospital order, after the court ruled it was more appropriate to treat his mental health issues in hospital rather than prison.
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He was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order that states he must not have in a public place any items such as rope or handcuffs that are capable of restraint and he must not stalk, harass or intimidate women.
Wendy Newton from the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences unit of Mersey Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service said: "We may never know if Kyle Morgan truly meant to carry out his declared intention of killing someone but the items in the bag he was carrying were chilling indeed.
“Merseyside Police carried out extensive investigations to see if there was any evidence that he had carried out any of his macabre plans but nothing else came to light.
“It became clear early on that Kyle Morgan has some serious mental health issues and the court decided that the most fitting outcome of this case is that he be detained in a secure hospital unit and treated there.
“A troubled man is now being given the correct treatment and a disturbing case has been brought to a satisfactory conclusion.”
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