Misappropriation of trust monies, even if committed ignorantly rather than deliberately, combined with mental illness rendering a practitioner unfit to practise with no certainty of recovery, warrants striking off rather than suspension. A practitioner's unwillingness to engage in treatment and failure to participate in disciplinary proceedings weighs against suspension as an appropriate sanction.
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