Court orders extend psychiatric evaluation for man facing attempted murder charges
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Mitchell Rose, the 32-year-old man charged with three counts of attempted murder in St. John’s, will spend the next month on the forensic unit of a psychiatric hospital.
Rose sat with his head down in court on Thursday, as Judge Harold Porter asked him if he understood what was happening. He was unresponsive.
Porter signed off on a request from Dr. Jasbir Gill to have Rose undergo an additional 30 days of examination to determine whether or not he is fit to stand trial.
In a letter to the court, Gill wrote that Rose has not engaged with her since he was sent to the Mental Health and Addictions Centre on Dec. 10.
She said he appears guarded, and had not taken his medication for a while before his arrest.
Rose is accused of attacking three people in his apartment building on Dec. 8, leaving at least two of them with stab wounds. One person has been released from hospital, while another is listed as in stable condition.
Rose’s family said he has schizophrenia, and was suffering from psychosis at the time of the alleged attacks.
They said he was on a community treatment order — a designation overseen by a psychiatrist, allowing a person that would otherwise be institutionalized to live in the community with supervision.
That order meant Rose had to take his medication, or he’d be hospitalized against his will.
His mother, Trudy Hickey, said Rose was released from the order without her knowledge in July.
She said she only found out a few days before the alleged attacks, when she called his health-care team for help when his mental state declined. Hickey said the team told her they couldn’t respond, since he was no longer on a community treatment order.
Rose is due back in court on Jan. 16 for an update on his psychiatric assessment.
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