OAG spokesman Prayuth Phetkhun said the Galya Rajanagarindra Institute, where the 14-year-old suspect is a patient, had assessed that he is unable to stand trial at this time.
Hence, public prosecutors had rejected the police case report since it was submitted before the institute’s psychiatric assessment was completed.
“Police investigators have to wait until doctors [treating the suspect] conclude that he is mentally sound to stand trial,” Prayuth said.
He added that the boy’s case carried a 20-year statute of limitation.
The permitted pre-trial detention of the suspect ends on December 31.
The team treating the boy will meet again in January for another evaluation of his mental health, Prayuth said. It will also ask the suspect’s parents for permission to extend his stay at the institute, though doctors have authority to do so for his safety under the Mental Health…
