A man accused of murdering a mother and her two-year-old daughter could have acted with diminished responsibility, his legal team claimed today.
Andrew Innes allegedly killed Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her child Jellica Burke at a house in Troon Avenue, Dundee between February 20 and March 5, 2021.Prosecutors claim the 51-year-old then hid the bodies under the kitchen floor of the property, with a further accusation that he also raped a seven-year-old girl.
A previous hearing was told a number of psychiatric and psychological investigations had been carried out on Innes since the previous hearing last September.The case called today at the High Court in Glasgow.
The hearing was told by Brian McConnachie that the trial judge can decide to remove the defence that Innes did not appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions due to a mental disorder.The defence advocate told the hearing: "The view is that you should just effectively see how the evidence unfolds...
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