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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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John Besley

Man with schizophrenia who killed British father-of-two in Australia declared unfit for trial

Royce Mallett (pictured) was killed in July 2024 - (Facebook)

A man who killed a British father-of-two in an Australian town has been declared mentally unfit to stand trial.

Court documents state Royce Mallett from County Durham, who was 30 years old at the time, was visiting the town of Albury in New South Wales in July 2024 when he was stabbed once in the chest while sitting in the driver’s seat of a car parked outside the Hume Inn Motel.

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