Second mental evaluation for man who killed mother and lived with her corpse

First evaluation of Emirati proved inconclusive but defendant says he is of sound mind - he was just ordered by God to kill his mother for doing witchcraft.

SHARJAH // A man who slit his mother’s throat and lived alongside her corpse for 10 days will be evaluated by a psychiatrist for a second time following an inconclusive first report.

Sharjah Criminal Court was told that N L, a 29-year-old Emirati, was well aware of his surroundings during the first evaluation but he was not cooperative and answered few questions.

N L admitted murdering his 50-year-old mother last year, claiming that Allah ordered him to kill her for performing witchcraft.

When the court confronted N L about his failure to answer questions, he replied: “They were the same questions asked by the court and I am well. I don’t suffer from any illness.”

The court asked his lawyer to provide more information about the victim’s family.

Prosecutors are seeking a death penalty for N L, who will undergo a second evaluation at Al Amal Psychiatric Hospital in Dubai.

Police found his mother’s body at his flat when they arrested him on June 7 last year for attacking an Iranian supermarket worker with a knife at a store in in Mamzar.