WESTERN AUSTRALIA COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT FOR THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA V/S LIAQAT ALI ZAHIDI CASE

Australia, Dec. 15 -- Supreme Court of Western Australia in Chambers issued text of the following order on Dec. 2: (This judgment was delivered extemporaneously and has been edited to include full references to relevant evidence and authorities). Introduction 1 The Director of Public Prosecutions has applied to the Court under s 261 of the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 (WA) (CLMI Act) to set a limiting term in respect to Mr Zahidi's existing custody order. 2 By indictment dated 1 September 2022, Mr Zahidi was charged with one count of attempted murder of Muhammad Danial Waheed, contrary to...