29 Aug 2023
R v BUCHANAN [2023] NZHC 2373
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2373
- Court
- High Court
Given consistent psychiatric evidence that the defendant suffers ongoing, active schizophrenia with partial insight, continued hallucinations, need for clozapine and intensive rehabilitation, the court was satisfied the high 'necessary' threshold in s24(2)(a) was met to protect the public and facilitate appropriate treatment; less restrictive s25 orders were unsuitable; name suppression threshold not met.