Camperdown murder case delayed as accused’s mental fitness tested
A woman accused of murdering her friend in a stabbing attack in Camperdown late last year is yet to have her “fitness” assessed by psychological experts.
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A woman who allegedly stabbed her friend to death at a Sydney unit block has had her court case delayed as psychological experts decide if she’s mentally fit to continue.
Police will allege Sharee Lorraine Turnbull, 30, allegedly murdered Jack Mulligan, 25, in Camperdown late last September.
Police were called to the scene about 8pm on September 18 after neighbours reported hearing a man’s screams.
It will be alleged in court a resident discovered Mulligan wearing little clothing in a pool of blood on Pyrmont Bridge Rd, before being taken to hospital in a critical condition.
The 25-year-old died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital just a few hours later.
Police spent that night combing the Camperdown block for evidence, before returning on Sunday to arrest Turnbull during a raid of an apartment.
Turnbull, who court documents state lives the NSW central west town of Gilgandra, was taken to Newtown police station and charged with murder.
Her case, which has wound through the courts since, was delayed on Tuesday as Magistrate Robert Williams heard psychological assessments to determine Turnbull’s “fitness” were yet to be completed.
The court heard the report will not be done until “mid-April at the earliest” and the autopsy report had also not been added to the court file.
Turnbull did not appear in court as Magistrate Williams adjourned the matter until April 28 to allow the reports to be completed.
Mr Mulligan’s aunt Carolyn Holder, who raised her nephew on the Gold Coast between the ages of three and eight, last year detailed Mr Mulligan’s own troubled life.
He had entered a Grafton care home from the age of eight and suffered drug addiction and stints in prison as an adult.
“He was a very gentle person, he was a naughty boy — don’t get me wrong, he was a runaway, he got into trouble. He was easily led, easily misled,” Ms Holder said at the time.
“He used a lot of drugs in his time and he used to gravitate back to that. We couldn’t get him away from it.
“He was a good kid though, he wasn’t a nasty person.”