Miranda Kerr’s accused intruder to be forced out of jail cell
A US judge has issued a new order against Australian man Shaun Haywood who allegedly attempted to murder a security guard outside supermodel Miranda Kerr’s former home.
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A Los Angeles judge has issued a jail cell “extraction order” to force Australian man Shaun Haywood to appear in court to face charges he attempted to murder a security guard outside supermodel Miranda Kerr’s Malibu home.
Haywood, a 31-year-old former boxer from the NSW Central Coast, has been locked up in LA jails and mental facilities on $US1.05 million bail since his arrest outside the supermodel’s home on October 14, 2016.
Haywood was scheduled to appear in LA’s Superior Court on Friday but Judge Alan Schneider was told Haywood refused to leave his cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility.
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The judge said it was not the first time Haywood was a court no-show.
“The court really has no alternative but to issue an extraction order for the defendant for the next court date,” Judge Schneider told the court.
A prison extraction team would forcibly remove Haywood from his cell if he refuses to be transported for Wednesday’s next court date.
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At a January hearing the judge noted Haywood was frustrated with the slow-moving case.
Haywood has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated mayhem and assault with a deadly weapon.
Haywood was declared fit to stand trial last September after concerns about his mental state, but his lawyer indicated Haywood would enter not guilty pleas by reason of insanity.
He could spend the rest of his life locked up in the California hospital system if found guilty of the charges if he pursues an insanity claim.
Authorities allege Haywood, who had not met Kerr, went to the Australian supermodel’s home in 2016 to deliver a letter to her.
Kerr and her young son Flynn were not home at the time of the incident.
A violent struggle erupted when a security guard confronted Haywood outside the house, authorities alleged.
Haywood allegedly grabbed the guard’s knife and slashed the guard in the face.
The guard responded by shooting Haywood, according to authorities.
Kerr, who has since married Snapchat billionaire Evan Spiegel, no longer lives at the house.
Haywood grew up at Terrigal and was known to Gosford police.
It is understood Mr Haywood has been living between Australia and the US for the past few years since the death of his mother.
He once described himself online as a “celebrity trainer”, with his social media accounts scattered with photos of Mr Haywood in exotic locations, often shirtless.