Aysha Baty’s death: Mental Health Court finds Dylan Alexander Wilson unfit to stand trial for murder

The man who was charged with murdering Aysha Baty in Nambour in 2020 will no longer stand trial in court. HERE’S WHY:

The man who allegedly murdered Nambour woman Aysha Baty will spend 10 years in a mental health facility after he was found to be of unsound mind at the time of her death.

Dylan Alexander Wilson, 36, was found to be unfit at the time of the murder it was decided in the Maroochydore Mental Health Court on Friday.

Mr Wilson was charged with killing the 31-year-old woman in the early hours of August 22, 2020.

The Buddina woman’s body was found in Matthew St, Nambour.

Police alleged at the time that Ms Baty had been “sleeping rough” under Petrie Creek Bridge after she had left a Woombye home.

Detective Inspector Dave Drinnen previously told media emergency crews found Ms Baty with “abhorrent” injuries.

Aysha Baty, 31, was found dead in Nambour in August 2020. Picture: Supplied

Mr Wilson had also been sleeping on the street at the time of Ms Baty’s death.

Days before her death, Ms Baty had been staying at her partner’s home in Woombye.

Police confirmed at the time of her death that her partner was not a person of interest in the case.

Floral tributes were left on Petrie Creek Bridge where the body of Aysha Baty was found. Picture: Patrick Woods

In a letter provided to the Maroochydore Magistrates Court, the single murder charge against Mr Wilson was discontinued by the Mental Health Court in March 2022.

Magistrate Haydn Stjernqvist said the Mental Health Court had determined Mr Wilson had “unsoundness of mind at the time of the offence”.

The Mental Health Court decides whether an alleged offender was of unsound mind when they committed an offence and whether they are fit for trial.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Jeanette Gregoris said the police had also received the same correspondence, and the charge against Mr Wilson was discontinued.

Floral tributes were left on Petrie Creek Bridge where the body of Aysha Baty was found. Picture: Patrick Wood

Mr Stjernqvist discontinued all proceedings against Mr Wilson under the Mental Health Act.

Sergeant Gregoris told the Sunshine Coast Daily outside court Mr Wilson was ordered by the Mental Health Court to spend 10 years at The Park Mental Health facility in Wacol, which is operated by Queensland Health.

No appeal has been lodged with the Mental Health Court of the Maroochydore Magistrates Court.

The Sunshine Coast community was rocked by the young woman’s brutal death, leaving floral tributes in honour of the woman who friends believed was getting her life together.

“Rest in peace Aysha you will be missed by so many fly high with the angels,” one mourner said.

“I remember Aysha would come home with my daughter on many Fridays from school and stay the weekend, such a beautiful young woman. Rise high with the angels Aysha …” another wrote on a memorial card left at the scene of her death.