Bohemian
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If Brendan gets into rehab, can he get out of a jail sentence? Maybe would not be presumed to be fit for trial, or could have rehab instead of jail?
She spoke with news.com.au in a bid to get her now troubled son Brendan proper drug rehabilitation and mental health counselling.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11978178
19 Jan, 2018 2:23pm
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Oops! I was so focussed on the money, that I skimmed over your questions SA.
I’m not a lawyer but I have heard of accuseds’ drug dependencies and/or mental illnesses being put forward as mitigating circumstances in sentencing. I suppose it would be up to the magistrate who hears the case but, honestly, if BC is a career criminal (as has been reported in MSM) and he is found guilty of further offences, I can’t see that a judge would think that a stint in rehab would be a viable alternative to jail time. That’s the problem when people are addicted to drugs and exhibiting psychotic symptoms — it becomes a ‘chicken or egg’ scenario.
It seems likely to me that NC is putting forward an excuse for BC’s alleged offences and non-attendance at court after his recent arrest on a bench warrant. She also had an excuse for her own failure to attend court in another matter IIRC. Just quietly, I seriously doubt if William’s disappearance is the sole cause of BC’s reported criminalilty/drug addiction/mental illness. The answer may be a little closer to home.