South Africa's Mental Health Crisis

A preliminary extradition hearing was initially scheduled for february two thousand 11, but shrean failed to appear citing mental illness. The court was told that he had consumed forty six different pills, though shrean's doctor denied this had been a suicide attempt. His defence team continued to fight the extradition process, claiming that their client was mentally unfit to stand trial. They also argued that shrean would face violent sexual assault and the risk of h iv infection in a south african prison. Nevertheless, on august tenth two thousand11, british judge howard riddle ruled that srian should be extradited. On september 20, eighth, two Thousand 11,