Alleged ANU Stabber 'Should Never Have Been Allowed Out' of Mental Health Unit: Defence

Alleged ANU stabber 'should never have been allowed out' of mental health unit: defence

The ACT DPP has accepted that the 26yo is not guilty of the Australian National University attack that hospitalised two students because of his mental impairment.

ANU stabbing accused pulled 'the wool over a number of mental health professionals' eyes', court hears

A decision on whether Alex Leonard Ophel is not guilty by way of mental impairment for charges relating to a 2023 attack at ANU will be handed down in the ACT Supreme Court later this week. Photo: Screenshot/YouTube. Alex Leonard Ophel’s own defence lawyer has submitted he “should never have been allowed out” on the day he allegedly stabbed two women and assaulted two men at ANU in 2023. The ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucy McCallum is decid…