Hospital detention ordered

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34129, 15 April 1976, Page 19

Hospital detention ordered

i Two psychiatrists had i certified that a youth j found guilty by a jury on I a charge of attempted I 1 ! rape was mentally dis- I) i ordered and should be de- !! tained in a mental hospital (. I, in his own interest and in L j the interests of the com- . I munity, Mr Justice Somers l" •j said in the Supreme Court I i| yesterday. i 1 His Honour ordered that II Mark David Butler, aged 20, ' 1 a tannery’ worker, of Dune- | 1 din, be detained in a mental ; ■ hospital as a committed ' patient. 1 Butler was found guilty 3 by a jury last week on a ; t charge of attempted rape off j a woman, aged 22. i > Evidence was given that; ,(Butler had a knife when he; ijattempted to rape a house-, ijmaid at the Inter-Island : s | Hotel while she was chang- : -ling a bed. I Mr M. J. Glue appeared 1 for Butler. 3 His Honour said that But- - tj ler had no previous con- 1 Jvitions and the offence was said to be out of character. Jit was clear that as a result s| of head injuries sustained in -la motor accident, Butler - suffered from a degree of j diminished responsibility. 5 Instead of imposing sens tence he made an order under section 39J of the i Criminal Justice Act. 1954, - that Butler be detained in a , mental hospital as a comt mitted patient, his Honour said. '.