Mental health issues can sometimes assist at trial stage (not before) if psychiatric records are obtained by the Crown (usually, then passed to Defence) and there is a history of false allegations documented, or other clearly fantastical claims that are clearly untrue. However that is rare.
One trial was stopped before Christmas due to evidence found in her records - the Crown dropped the case.
This cannot happen prior to charge as far as I know, so using her mental health problems at this stage could only serve to damage your case as it could be considered that you are trying to wriggle out of something with you hiding behind her mental illness.
One trial was stopped before Christmas due to evidence found in her records - the Crown dropped the case.
This cannot happen prior to charge as far as I know, so using her mental health problems at this stage could only serve to damage your case as it could be considered that you are trying to wriggle out of something with you hiding behind her mental illness.
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