Paul Cohrs, 62, represents himself at a fitness hearing in the Supreme Court of Victoria where two forensic psychiatrists say he has 'a number of persecutory delusions'.
A man who allegedly shot his elderly mother told his mental fitness hearing he was unable to face a murder trial but would not take antipsychotic drugs for delusions because they were "mind-altering".Mr Cohrs is accused of shooting his mother dead in 2018Paul Cohrs, 62, a former deputy mayor of Wentworth Shire in NSW, appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria accused of fatally shooting his mother, Bette Cohrs-Schulz, at Red Cliffs near Mildura in 2018.
"In Mr Cohrs's case, he had a number of beliefs involving his current legal situation but I believe also involving family members … he had a belief that others were conspiring to harm him."Dr Triglia told the court that Mr Cohrs understood he was charged with murder but that he did not believe it was possible for him to have a fair trial.
"Mr Cohrs believed that other parties had been drawn into that conspiracy, and he included in that judges, barristers, Legal Aid solicitors," he said. But during cross-examination, Mr Cohrs put to the psychiatrist that treating him with drugs was part of a conspiracy.
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