A man deeply in love with his work as a nurse, has set fire to himself after he was fired from his dream job.
This is where Amin Abdullah set himself on fire
A 41-year-old man, Amin Abdullah, of Notting Hill, west London, was fired from the job that he "lived for" at Charing Cross Hospital for signing a petition in support of a colleague.
months after that, the man doused himself in petrol and set himself alight outside Kensington Palace in west London last Tuesday.
Amin, who went into a spiral of depression after losing his dream job, was allowed to leave his mental health hospital alone just hours earlier - despite suffering suicidal thoughts.
His friend of 12 years, Terry Skitmore, 62, blasted the NHS trust for sacking him for what it admitted was a "foolish mistake" days before Christmas.
He said: "The way they treated him was disgraceful."
A patient complained about a colleague in September and Amin was one of 17 people to sign a petition in her support. He also penned a letter, shared among staff, denying his nursing colleague was "lazy and unfriendly".
After a three month wait he faced disciplinary action and was dismissed for gross misconduct on December 21st. He was treated for depression and suicidal thoughts at St Charles Hospital in Ladbroke Grove, west London, while awaiting his appeal.
But two days before the hearing at around 8.30pm he was allowed to leave alone, despite being under close observation, so he could get new clothes to meet his Royal College of Nursing union rep the next day.
Amin Abdullah and Terry Skitmore
Less than four hours later his charred body was found by police outside the palace at around 3am on Tuesday February 9th.
Grandfather-of-two Terry, a retired postal worker, said: "They let him out alone and he never came back. The next thing I know, he is dead.
"One minute he's under close observation, the next minute they let him out. I thought he was in safe hands. At 1.30am in the morning the police broke the chain lock on the front door and said, 'Are you Amin?'
"I said,' He's in the hospital' but they said, 'That's the problem, they let him out to get clean clothes, but he never went back to the hospital.' They came back at 5am and said, 'You better sit down' and I knew what was coming. They said he was dead."
Terry explained that: "He poured petrol over himself and burned himself. Something triggered him and he didn't want to go any further.
"We have been together for 12 years. We had a great relationship. What pushes you to cover yourself in petrol and set fire to yourself?
"He was very shy and kind. He was just a nice human being - that's why he was into that profession. He lived for that job."