9 Feb 2018
R v TARAPATA [2018] NZHC 85
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 85
- Court
- High Court
Given the serious, unprovoked double homicide, the defendant's diagnosis of treatment‑resistant schizophrenia with persistent psychotic symptoms, substance abuse risk, lack of insight, history of ceased treatment and weapons use while psychotic, and unanimous forensic psychiatric opinion that only secure forensic rehabilitation under a special patient regime would mitigate the risk, it was necessary in the interests of the public to order detention as a special patient under s 24(2)(a) CP (MIP) Act.