Accused faces mental health assessment in B.C. murder, castration case

The Kelowna female accused successful a 2021 sidesplitting and castration is again being evaluated to spot if she is fresh to guidelines trial.

Gabriella Sears was ordered during a July 31 tribunal day to person a fittingness assessment.  It’s nan 2nd that’s been ordered complete nan long of nan proceedings looking into her alleged sidesplitting of Darren Middleton, and this 1 has been court-ordered to beryllium completed wrong 60 days.

The accused was transported to Forensic Psychiatric Hospital astatine nan extremity of this hearing, a typical of nan BC Prosecution Service said.

“It is anticipated location will besides beryllium a Rowbotham application, which is an exertion that nan tribunal appoints counsel successful cases wherever nan Legal Services Society has denied (further) backing for a ineligible assistance lawyer,” nan BC Prosecution Service typical said.

The matter has been adjourned to Sept. 27 for different lawsuit guidance convention to find if nan fittingness proceeding will beryllium proceeding.

Sears was already expected to beryllium astatine nan 2nd information of tribunal proceedings looking into nan complaint of 2nd grade execution but erstwhile retaining ineligible counsel continues to beryllium a problem. When she mislaid her latest information of lawyers, proceedings dates group for July and August were cancelled.

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Before each this, Sears’s original lawyer, Jordan Watt, successfully based on her jailhouse confession to nan sidesplitting should beryllium ousted from nan grounds nan Crown could tie connected successful its lawsuit and nan proceedings sewage underway.

The judge successful nan lawsuit heard from RCMP officers and witnesses astir nan gruesome crime and many times looked astatine video from nan scene.

The tribunal heard that a Louisville Slugger shot bat and container cutter were recovered adjacent to nan assemblage of Middleton connected June 17, 2021. His assemblage was recovered laying adjacent to a tub successful Sears’s home.

At nan clip of nan allegations, Sears was known arsenic Dereck. She has since applied for a sanction alteration to Gabriella but it has yet to beryllium reflected connected nan tribunal record.