Teen assaulted mother days before fatal Bandar Utama school stabbing — psychiatric report
Judge Adlin Abdul Majid said a psychiatric report found the boy suffered very early-onset schizophrenia, with hallucinations and delusions that impaired criminal responsibility.
- The Shah Alam High Court acquitted a 15-year-old boy for killing a schoolmate in Bandar Utama last year, ruling he was not criminally responsible due to severe, untreated psychotic illness at the time of the incident.
- Judge Adlin Abdul Majid noted the teenager suffered from untreated schizophrenia for five years, with symptoms appearing around 2020 during the Covid-19 movement control period; the illness worsened without medical intervention.
- Evidence revealed the accused viewed peers as "NPCs" and maintained a "Death Note" journal chronicling psychotic thoughts; he experienced auditory hallucinations, including a voice he attributed to Dylan Klebold instructing him to kill.
- Adlin stressed the verdict does not diminish the deceased's life or the tragedy of her death. "This is not a finding that the act did not happen," she stated, emphasizing the defendant's impaired appreciation of reality.
- Warning signs such as withdrawal and delusional thinking were misread as disciplinary issues rather than a medical emergency, the court noted. Schools and parents must recognize early symptoms of untreated mental illness to prevent similar tragedies.
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