R v Eteuati - [2024] NZHC 1204

Disposition hearing, to determine whether defendant's detention in a hospital or security facility is necessary, following a finding on murder charge of act proved but not criminally responsible on account of insanity. HELD: Having considered all the circumstances of the case and the evidence of the health assessor psychiatrists, the Court is satisfied that it is necessary, in the interests of the public, and in the defendant's interests in the longer term, to make an order that the defendant be detained in a hospital as a special patient under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992. Order accordingly.