Accused remanded to Central Mental Hospital

A man accused of carrying out a serious assault on a housemate with an iron bar in Cork City was remanded in custody to the Central Mental Hospital for a fortnight yesterday.

Defence solicitor John Hussey said on behalf of the accused man, Olumatemilorun Jimoh: “It is a matter that cannot be allowed to drift, I would say.”

Mr Hussey submitted that rather than waiting for further directions of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the case should be sent forward to Cork Circuit Criminal Court to determine whether he was psychiatrically fit to plead guilty or not guilty.