Court to decide today on competency to stand trial report
TODAY, APRIL 21, 2026 the Serious Offences Court is expected to make a decision regarding a competency to stand trial report relating to psychiatric patient Kesroy Williams.
The ruling on the permissibility of the report was expected to be made yesterday, April 20, by Chief Magistrate Colin John, but the court was informed by Prosecutor Renrick Cato, that the matter had not yet been fully discussed with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Williams’s psychiatric report claiming that he is fit to stand trial is under the microscope as two doctors who prepared, and one who signed off on the report, told the Serious Offences Court, under oath, that they are not trained psychiatrists.
The trio also admitted, under questioning from lawyer Grant Connell, that their training in psychiatry was extremely limited, with two saying that they were general practitioners and not licensed psychiatrists, and the other doctor informing the court that she has a PhD in psychology and was not a medical doctor.
The three, Dr. Alisa Alvis, Dr. Micheal Stowe and Dr. Franklyn Joseph were summoned to court on Thursday, April 16, 2026 by Chief Magistrate John to explain what Connell, a few weeks before, described as similarities in all the competency reports from the Mental Health Centre (MHC) in Glen.
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