A 24-year-old man who was found naked and disorientated after allegedly murdering a woman he didn’t know in Munster will face trial.
Jesse John de Beaux is accused of killing Cara Hales, 30, at her Munster property in December last year.
A review of procedures at Graylands Hospital was ordered after de Beaux, a voluntary patient, reportedly left the facility the day before the fatal stabbing.
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READ NOWNorth Metropolitan Health Service chief executive Robyn Lawrence would not comment on the case, but said day leave and community reintegration were part of a voluntary patient’s clinical management plan.
Police notification was only required if there was a clinical risk to a voluntary patient or others, Dr Lawrence said.
“A thorough psychological assessment to determine a patient’s risk to themselves and others is undertaken before a patient is granted leave or discharged by the treating mental health assessment team,” she said in a statement in January.
De Beaux entered a not guilty plea in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Wednesday and will make his first Supreme Court appearance on January 20.