PERTH MAN CONVICTED OF HOMICIDE AND DETAINED INDEFINITELY AFTER KNIFE INCIDENT
A man jailed for strangling a mother and dumping her body in a field has now been ordered to be detained without limit of time for pulling a knife on his psychiatrist.
Joseph Harrison, from Brechin, killed 21-year-old prostitute Susan Third after she propositioned him in Aberdeen in 2005.
He admitted culpable homicide and was jailed for six years.
He was freed early, but produced a knife during an appointment.
Harrison, now 38, claimed he was hearing voices, and needed the knife for protection.
After Perth Sheriff Court heard about the post-release incident with the knife, Sheriff Fiona Tait made Harrison the subject of a compulsion order.
He will be detained at Murray Royal psychiatric hospital in Perth without limit of time.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on surname
50.3%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
39.9%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
50.3%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
d 21-year-old prostitute Susan Third after she propositioned him in Aberdeen in 2005. He admitted culpable homicide and was jailed for six years. He was freed early, but produced a knife during an appointment. Harrison, now 38, claimed h...
Prison sentence
A man jailed for strangling a mother and dumping her body in a field has now been ordered to be detained without limit of time for pulling a knife on his psychiatrist
Prison sentence
six years
He admitted culpable homicide and was jailed for six years
