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Editorial Notes
Published Case Name:
Re Metius
Shortened Case Name:
Re Metius
MNC:
[2007] QMHC 36
Court:
QMHC
Judge(s):
Philippides J
Date:
01 Feb 2007
Litigation History
Event
Citation or File
Date
Notes
Primary Judgment
[2007] QMHC 36
01 Feb 2007
On a reference in relation to a charge of murder, the Mental Health Court declined to make a decision as to unsoundness of mind and diminished responsibility, there being a fact that was substantially material to the opinion of an expert witness so in dispute that it would have been unsafe to make such a decision. Having determined that Ms Metius was fit for trial, the court ordered that proceedings against her for the offence be continued according to law: Philippides J.
Primary Judgment
[2007] QSC 359
27 Nov 2007
Application by members of the media to copy, for the purposes of publication, certain trial exhibits refused on account of the sensitive nature of the material: Atkinson J.
Primary Judgment
SC666/05 (No citation)
28 Nov 2007
Date of conviction of murder. Ms Metius was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2009] QCA 3 [2009] 2 Qd R 442
06 Feb 2009
Appeal against conviction dismissed; application for leave to appeal against sentence refused: McMurdo P, Fraser JA, McMeekin J.
Special Leave Refused (HCA)
[2009] HCATrans 241
02 Oct 2009
Application for special leave to appeal to the High Court refused: French CJ and Hayne J.
