Ok, after much legal wrangling with jury absent, we are back in #magnotta with Thomas Barth, psych who saw him in Berlin
Barth says hard to diagnose what #Magnotta was doing when masturbating with severed arm. "very disturbing outcome of an offence"
I can't explain this, Barth says. If someone commits such cruelty, I would look at schizophrenia. Sometimes they commit cruel offences
We have a few patients a year that commit cruel offences, some are not psychotic, but i would look at schizophrenia. #Magnotta
Crown now cross examining Barth. Why can't you diagnose what defence described? Need much more info, Barth says #Magnotta
Can't conclude diagnosis just based on the crime, Barth says #Magnotta
I am not forensic expert in this case, Barth said. I wasn't to assess #Magnotta
My role is confined to the week I treated #Magnotta in Berlin June 11-18, 2012, Barth says
Barth spoke to #Magnotta daily because he was aware of important situation, he said. Media coverage might be burden for sane person
We suspected #magnotta as insane or at least schizophrenic and Cdn so we were approaching him differently than other patients, Barth
#Magnotta didn't interact with other patients, kept to himself and asked not to be approached by other inmates. He said he was scared
Barth didn't have #Magnotta's psychiatric files from Canada. I expected to treat him much longer and was surprised extradition was so fast
Once #Magnotta was extradited, Barth closed the file. I would have appreciated those records but they never arrived
Barth says he would not have been surprised if #Magnotta had substance abuse. Crown says that's what 2011 Mount Sinai record says
Common for patients not to be forthcoming with information, Barth says. #Magnotta
I approached Mr #Magnotta very gently, Barth says. What he was going through would have been difficult for sane person, let alone insane
When Barth first saw #Magnotta he was on the ward. I was expecting him, he says.
#Magnotta was a VIP, Barth says. The ward received quite a few postcards and letters from unknown people for Magnotta. Fan mail.
One sent him socks and said please wear these socks and send them back. #Magnotta was distressed and scared because of it
Can you objectively assess hallucinations crown asks? We are dealing with all kinds of psychopathic findings, Barth says. #Magnotta
#Magnotta never had hallucinations in front of you, crown says. First day, no, but I asked him and he had thought withdrawal + radio in head
When Barth takes cell phone out of pocket, #Magnotta was scared and thought it was a weapon and Barth would kill him
#Magnotta mumbled to himself but couldn't understand what he was saying. Social worker called g'ma but she hung up phone. Disappointed
#Magnotta had wanted staff to call his g'ma, because he was close to her. Her hanging up cld lead to self harm or suicide, Barth said
#Magnotta wasn't first patient for extradition from the prison hospital, Barth says
Barth met with Joel Watts, psych from Canada who accompanied #magnotta back to Canada
That's it for today in #magnotta. See you tomorrow
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