The man accused of the brutal murder of a beloved police officer has been diagnosed with a “psychotic” mental illness and has admitted to the “objective elements’ of the tragic killing that left Australia’s police community in mourning.
Jaydn Stimson, 26, has been charged with murder and attempted murder after Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig was killed in a shootout on an isolated rural property in South Australia’s southeast in November last year.
Sergeant Doig, 53, was called to the property alongside Sergeant Michael Hutchinson and Constable Rebekah Cass following reports an animal had been shot.
Sergeant Hutchinson also suffered gunshot wounds during the shooting, with Constable Cass scrambling to provide emergency aid to her injured colleagues.
Mr Stimson has been held on remand at Adelaide’s James Nash House, a mental health facility, since January and appeared at Adelaide Magistrates Court via videolink on Thursday.
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