Psychiatrist who led panel of experts that assessed alleged arsonist Zandile Mafe takes the stand.
The ongoing proceedings in the High Court in Cape Town will hear the testimony of Dr. Thupana Seshoka, the leading psychiatrist from Fort England Psychiatric Hospital in Grahamstown.The panel’s comprehensive evaluation revealed that Mafe suffers from schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder characterised by a distorted perception of reality.Dr.
During the court proceedings, Dr. Seshoka also revealed that Mafe’s admission at the psychiatric hospital extended beyond the initially planned duration of one month. The prolonged stay was attributed to challenges faced in locating Mafe’s family in Kimberley, contributing to delays in the assessment process and the subsequent determination of Mafe’s mental health status.
The court inquiry into Mafe’s fitness to stand trial remains a focal point of the legal proceedings, with Mafe disputing the findings of two psychiatric reports. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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