A person accused of bludgeoning his aged mother and father to demise of their West Australian dwelling allegedly tried to border family he claimed took half in satanic rituals.
Robert George Dent, 48, has been charged with murdering his mother and father Colin, 75, and Bernice, 74, at their Capel residence in September 2021.
He has pleaded not responsible on the premise that he was of unsound thoughts.
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Supreme Courtroom Justice Joe McGrath on Monday granted Dent a judge-alone trial, discovering the only real problem to be decided was his psychological capability on the time of the alleged offending.
A press release of details filed by prosecutors mentioned Dent was a recluse who had lived together with his mother and father and had numerous well being points.
It alleges he armed himself with a rubber mallet earlier than getting into his father’s bed room and placing him repeatedly till he was useless.
Dent then allegedly entered his mom’s bed room and struck her a number of instances with the mallet earlier than reducing her throat with a knife.
Prosecutors allege Dent remained in the home for a number of days, taking steps to “make it seem his mother and father had been killed by family” and that he had been sexually assaulted by these family.
“He wrote statements on partitions and doorways of varied rooms in the home naming family because the killers, in addition to stating they have been paedophiles concerned in satanic rituals,” the doc filed to the courtroom mentioned.
After cleansing the home, Dent self-mutilated then known as triple-zero to hunt help for his accidents, prosecutors mentioned.
Disturbing claims
When the police attended, it is alleged he instructed them his mother and father have been useless in the home and he had killed them.
“The accused claimed radionics machines managed by his family instructed him to kill his mother and father and himself,” the doc mentioned.
“He believed the motive for his family’ actions stemmed from a perceived household dispute relationship again to 1991.”
Professional psychiatric studies submitted to the courtroom discovered Dent was possible struggling on the time of the alleged offending from schizophrenia or a schizoaffective dysfunction.
He’ll face trial in June.
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