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British Tourist Killed in Regional Australia; Perpetrator Found Not Criminally Responsible Due to Mental Impairment

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British Tourist Killed in Regional Australia; Perpetrator Found Not Criminally Responsible Due to Mental Impairment

A 29-year-old man with schizophrenia has been found not criminally responsible for the murder of British tourist Royce Mallett, 30, who was stabbed to death in the car park of a motel in Albury, NSW, on 8 July 2024. David Summers-Smith, who was experiencing psychosis and had been self-medicating with ice and cannabis, pleaded not guilty due to mental impairment. Supreme Court Justice Dina Yehia ordered Summers-Smith to be held indefinitely in a mental health facility after finding he committed the murder but could not be held criminally responsible.

British tourist murdered in Australian motel declared mentally unfit for trial

A 29-year-old man with schizophrenia has been found not criminally responsible for the murder of British tourist Royce Mallett, 30, in Albury, New South Wales. David Summers-Smith stabbed Mallett once in the chest with a steak knife in the car park of the Hume Inn motel on 8 July 2024. Psychiatrists reported Summers-Smith was experiencing psychosis, had been self-medicating with ice and cannabis, and had a history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Supreme Court Justice Dina Yehia ordered Summers-Smith to be held indefinitely in a mental health facility, stating the victim's family struggled to understand how he could have been in the community with such illness.

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