Heritage- listed new home for man ‘ of unsound mind’
HOME Hill hostel killer Smail Ayad is being detained as an inpatient in the high- security section of Brisbane’s heritagelisted Park Centre for Mental Health Treatment.
But authorities were unable to say yesterday how long Ayad will be detained or whether the French national will be returned to France.
A Queensland Health spokesman said: “We are aware that the Mental Health Court has determined that a man charged with the murder of two people in Home Hill in August 2016 was of unsound mind when the offence was committed.
“The judge’s decision includes a forensic order which provides for his detention in a high- security mental health facility.
“Queensland Health is un- able to comment further on this matter.”
Mental Health Court Justice Jean Dalton ruled criminal proceedings against Ayad be discontinued and made a forensic order for him to be detained at the Park centre.
Justice Dalton reserved a decision on whether to apply a non- revocation period.
According to the state’s chief psychiatrist policy, the Queensland Mental Health Act 2016 promotes the recovery of a person who has mental illness and the person’s ability to live in the community without the need for involuntary treatment and care.
Where any rights and liberties of a patient are restricted, these restrictions should only be to the extent required to protect the patient’s safety and welfare or safety of others.
A psychiatrist is required to determine Ayad’s treatment and care within seven days. An assessment and risk management committee, including a case manager, forensic liaison officer and authorised psychiatrist, must review Ayad’s treatment and care at least twice a year.
The heritage- listed facility was built from as early as 1866, although many structures have been added over time, including a new 70- bed maximum security facility in 2002.