âWe have failed youâ: WA judge finds mentally ill teenager not guilty of murdering his family
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Western Australiaâs Supreme Court Chief Justice has labelled the stateâs mental health system a failure as he found an Ellenbrook teenager with schizophrenia not guilty of murdering his family due to unsoundness of mind.
Teancum Petersen-Crofts, now 21, stabbed his mother Michelle Petersen, 48, sister Bella, 15, and brother Rua, 8, to death on July 15, 2018 inside their home while in psychosis.
During the final day of his Supreme Court trial on Monday, Chief Justice Peter Quinlan heard Mr Petersen-Crofts was not assessed by a psychiatrist or admitted to hospital after police took him there under the Mental Health Act the night before the killings.
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Western Australiaâs Supreme Court Chief Justice has labelled the stateâs mental health system a failure as he found an Ellenbrook teenager with schizophrenia not guilty of murdering his family due to unsoundness of mind.
Teancum Petersen-Crofts, now 21, stabbed his mother Michelle Petersen, 48, sister Bella, 15, and brother Rua, 8, to death on July 15, 2018 inside their home while in psychosis.
During the final day of his Supreme Court trial on Monday, Chief Justice Peter Quinlan heard Mr Petersen-Crofts was not assessed by a psychiatrist or admitted to hospital after police took him there under the Mental Health Act the night before the killings.
âWe have failed youâ: WA judge finds mentally ill teenager not guilty of murdering his family
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Western Australiaâs Supreme Court Chief Justice has labelled the stateâs mental health system a failure as he found an Ellenbrook teenager with schizophrenia not guilty of murdering his family due to unsoundness of mind.
Teancum Petersen-Crofts, now 21, stabbed his mother Michelle Petersen, 48, sister Bella, 15, and brother Rua, 8, to death on July 15, 2018 inside their home while in psychosis.
During the final day of his Supreme Court trial on Monday, Chief Justice Peter Quinlan heard Mr Petersen-Crofts was not assessed by a psychiatrist or admitted to hospital after police took him there under the Mental Health Act the night before the killings.
Teancum Petersen-Crofts found not guilty of murdering mother, sister and half-brother on grounds of insanity
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Eight-year-old Rua (left), 48-year-old Michelle Petersen and 15-year-old Bella were killed in July 2018.
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A Perth man has been found not guilty by reason of unsoundness of mind of murdering his mother, sister and half-brother in their Ellenbrook home.
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His family members cried and held each other as the verdict was read
Mr Petersen-Crofts will be detained in a mental health hospital
Teancum Petersen-Crofts, now 21, had pleaded not guilty to stabbing to death 48-year-old Michelle Petersen, 15-year-old Bella and eight-year-old Rua, in their Brixton Crescent home in the north-eastern suburb of Ellenbrook in the early hours of the morning on July 15, 2018.
Teancum Petersen-Crofts found not guilty of murder after killing his mother and two siblings
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Teancum Vernon Petersen-Crofts, 19, has been found not guilty of murder. Photo / Supplied
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By: Angie Raphael / NCA NewsWire
A New Zealand man who killed his mother and two siblings by repeatedly stabbing them has been found not guilty of murder due to unsoundness of mind.
Teancum Petersen-Crofts, 21, stood trial in the Western Australia Supreme Court accused of murdering his mother Michelle Petersen, 48, his sister Bella, 15, and half-brother Rua, 8, at their Perth home in July 2018.
Michelle Petersen suffered 54 wounds, while Bella and Rua were each stabbed more than 40 times, the court heard.