Hamilton murder: Accused, 18, remanded for psychiatric assessment
29 Apr, 2021 01:19 AM
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The Waikato man was remanded in custody for further psychiatric reports to be completed. Photo / Belinda Feek
The Waikato man was remanded in custody for further psychiatric reports to be completed. Photo / Belinda Feek
An 18-year-old charged with the murder of a man in Hamilton has been remanded in custody for psychiatric assessment.
The Waikato man was granted interim name suppression when he appeared in the Hamilton District Court today.
A 43-year-old man died at a property in Aileen Pl, Nawton, yesterday.
The accused, who appeared calm and relaxed in the dock, was arrested at a Cambridge property.
Meera breaks silence over ‘mental torture’ in the US psychiatric ward
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Meera breaks silence over ‘mental torture’ in the US psychiatric ward
Pakistani star Meera recently came forward to address her stay in a US mental hospital as well as the “mental torture” that followed.
The actor got candid with
BBC Urdu and was quoted saying, There s a lobby that s working against me, they keep slandering my character to bring shame to my stardom.
While explaining the real reason for her visit, Meera admitted, I ve been struggling with depression, and that s why I went to the hospital. However once there, they mistook me for being crazy. They even confiscated my phone.”
Victorian mental health royal commission final report finds system operates in crisis mode
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The royal commission s chair Penny Armytage says the mental health system has been failing for decades .
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Victoria s mental health system operates in crisis mode, has catastrophically failed to live up to expectations and must be rebuilt, a damning report from the state s mental health royal commission has found.
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The report says the mental health system is over-reliant on medication and last year s bushfires highlighted its failures
Tuesday, 02 March 2021 - 21:16
The Jaffna Magistrate has ordered to obtain a psychiatric report of the 24-year-old mother who was arrested for assaulting her infant in the Navaladi area in Ariyalai, Jaffna.
In addition, the Magistrate has ordered that a forensic report be submitted on the 9th regarding the injuries sustained to the baby.
The Magistrate had also ordered that both be placed in probationary care until the 9th.
The video, circulated on social media, showed the mother beating her 9-month-old baby with a stick, then dragging him into a room and beating him again with a stick, while the baby was crying in agony.