"That's when the security guards arrives and started to forcibly remove him.
Mr Leigh shouted: "I'm an officer of the court. I'm putting you on notice, if you put one hand on me and touch me I'll be doing you for assault."
Let's unpack this.
Was Leigh an 'officer of the court', as he claimed? It might be believable he had such a job but the question is, was he acting in such capacity?
Doesn't look like it. His claim, for want of a better term, is fraudulent. It's like someone yelling they're an undercover police officer, expecting people to treat them as such, then, as they've presented no evidence at the time, the people don't accept they're an undercover police officer.
He declares he'll "be doing you for assault" and, by Jove, he could. Staff have had to physically restrain him. Technically, assault is unwanted and unauthorised physical contact. He has a right to proceed ... but will his case have merit to enter Magistrate court? Any 'brief' would tell him to calm down and be realistic. Soz but, in reality, nah mate. There's plenty of recorded evidence, on both sides, to show that he was being refused admittance, that he was warned to go and, really, any physical actions taken against him were proportionate. Note: his potentially fraudulent claim to be acting as "an officer of the court" would go against him.
"However, the patient and Leigh maintained that they wanted to leave, and Leigh began to rant about coronavirus conspiracy theories.
Eventually, he was hauled out by the security guards.
Now it must be pointed out that there's no indication that Leigh (the perpetrator) is related to the patient. The patient might want to leave, and there must be legal avenues for this event, which include the consent of his relations. The patient sounded like he wanted to go.
Who the feck wouldn't want to go home? But there should be, and probably is, a legal standing and obligation for the hospital to restrain the patient.
Example: A patient is found to have Ebola. They feel fine. The hospital says "we have to keep you safe, from others and yourself." The patient says "I don't care! You're lying! I want to leave and you can't stop me!"
Oh, yes they can. Before COV-19 and before. So, that's done with the patient "wanting to go home".
Now Leigh.
Yup. He's absolutely right.
Unless it is proved that he has the virus then he is a free agent. He can leave at any time. Absolutely.
He will, of course, be reported to the police for his actions (unrelated to Covid-19 regulations), the evidence of CCTV, and staff testimony. He's, shall we say, on the radar. Criminal prosecution will follow, urban warrior that he feels he is or not.