by psychotic entities. he reassured by psychotic entities. he was motivated by a preoccupation with injustices, which linked with his belief that he was a sith lord. he was motivated by a pathological suicidal urge. dr brown said in his report that it was arguable that suicidal urge. dr brown said in his repor' factors was arguable that suicidal urge. dr brown said in his repor' factors impaired |ble that suicidal urge. dr brown said in his repor' factors impaired his that suicidal urge. dr brown said in his repor' factors impaired his ability these factors impaired his ability to some extent, to make rational choices. his abilities were not completely impaired as evidenced by his planning and the commission of the offences. in his lonely, depressed and suicidal state of mind he would have been particularly vulnerable to the encouragement with dr brown thought he had been given by the ai chatbot. the next report was prepared by professor blackwood, instructed on behalf of the prosecution. it is dated 10th of march 2023. professor blackwood

became a member of the royal college of psychiatrists in 1997. he is a consultant forensic psychiatrist. he has a particular interest in neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. he interviewed the defendant for four hours on the 6th of march 2023, and has had access to the other psychiatric reports and records. professor blackwood concluded that, while the defendant demonstrated some evidence of difficulty in developing relationships, and a degree of fixation in his interests and attraction to routines, he does not meet the required criteria for an autism disorder. he said that in his 18 months after leaving six from couege 18 months after leaving six from college the defendant struggled to establish settled employment and medium—term plans for his life. he played socially isolated, lonely, angry and frustrated. his twin

sister left to go to university in autumn 2020, and his grandmother died. professor blackwood does not think that the observations of the defendant's family, the contents of the journal, defendant's family, the contents of thejournal, all the interactions with the chatbot, suggest an incipient psychotic illness. turning to the angels, professor blackwood says that the experiences with the three men resolved before the start of anti—psychotic medication. the medication appears to be associated with the resolution of any experiences of the fantasised partner sarai. to professor blackwood, the defendant described these experience as pseudo— hallucinations. in other words, they were recognised by him as being unreal. they were under his voluntary control and serve the

important function of reducing his personal sense of loneliness. 0ther personal sense of loneliness. other symptoms found in first episode psychosis were absent. there was no evidence of other reality distortion symptoms. disorganisation symptoms, negative symptoms, such a disc crease in the ability to respond emotionally to people and events. a decrease in speaking or psycho motor symptoms, or cognitive symptoms. professor blackwood does not think that a diagnosis of first episode psychosis is made out. he considers the defendant to have been socially isolated and a naive 19—year—old who suffered from a lack of purpose, a lack of intimacy, frustration, anger and depressive thoughts. any depressive episode was mild—to—moderate in nature. the

biological symptoms of a more severe disorder, such as early morning awakening, loss of libido, and loss of ability to concentrate, are lacking. professor blackwood thinks that the defendant sought new purpose by seeking notoriety in the assassination of the queen. in part to address historical injustice in the 1919 massacre, and to highlight the 1919 massacre, and to highlight the ongoing problems of racism in society. his purpose was in part informed by his omnipotent fantasy world of citrus and video gaming. demonstrated the common tendency of users of ai chatbots to attribute human characteristics to them. nonetheless he maintained the ability to recognise that he was interacting with al. the offences were planned over some months,

employing subterfuge to conceal his real intentions. potential autistic traits in his difficulty in establishing intimate relationships, and in his restricted interests, had minimal bearing on the offences. the element that professor blackwood identified, help to provide, in his flu claim are an explanation for the offences but did not reduce his culpability or responsibility for them. he told professor blackwood that he never truly believed in the reality of the four figures. they were products of his imagination which helped to ease his loneliness. he would consider his mission with them. they told him, and voice as he considered inside his head, and under his voluntary control, that he was on the right path. i should record that the defendant has not always been consistent about how he viewed the figures, as to what would

prompt their manifestation, and where their voices came from. professor blackwood said that the defendant's reference to himself in a journal entry, as delusional mad bustard, suggest he retained insight into the fantasy world in which he indulged. he described darth magus is a fictional villain with an ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality. in one of his interactions with the chatbot, professor blackwood notes that he wonders if he only loves it because of its programming. however he thought that the supportive ai programming may have served to bolster and reinforce the defendant's intentions. professor blackwood noted some evidence of potential depressive thoughts. he said that there is very little

evidence of potential psychotic symptomatology in the chat. professor blackwood makes reference to comments that the defendant made when at ravenswood secure unit. he described frequent crying, feeling low and hopeless, with low self esteem. he described voices commenting on his activity over the years. he described experiencing four figures since he was young. he was confused about their origin. 0n the 30th of december he spoke of what they would describe as visual hallucinations the previous night. professor blackwood noted that on the 5th of february 2022, the defendant said that the three male figures had gone. 0nly sarai remained. anti—psychotic medication was started at the beginning of march 2022. the three psychiatrists

have referred to psychological assessments carried out by dr murphy at broadmoor. he used the autism diagnostic observation schedule, second edition. it is presently considered to represent the gold standard in the assessment of autism spectrum disorder. dr murphy concluded that all the available evidence was consistent with the defendant being on the autism spectrum, although they were a number of uncertainties. dr murphy is an acknowledged expert in autism spectrum disorder. 0n the other hand jaswant singh chail completed two self—report instrument, for autism spectrum disorder, with professor blackwood. neither of his scores was suggestive of an autism spectrum disorder. using a diagnostic

framework, professor blackwood does not think that the full diagnostic criteria for an autism spectrum disorder are met. the third and final psychiatrist is dr haverty. he has prepared a report dated second may 2023. he has been a member of the college of psychiatrists since 2013, and he has an established research interest in autism. between the 1st of february 2022 and 9th of november 2022, the 1st of february 2022 and 9th of november2022, he the 1st of february 2022 and 9th of november 2022, he was the defendant was responsible clinician at broadmoor. he has concluded that the defendant has an autism spectrum disorder which was not at the severe end of the scale. his condition is atypical in some respects. in his view the defendant experienced a number of significant stress was in early life, and in later years. his

later teens were a time of progressive social isolation and progressing mental disorder. he began to develop symptoms of depression, with suicidal ideation, which was at least of moderate severity. he lost weight. his family noticed his lack of energy. in his view, in the period leading up to the offence, the defendant progressively lost contact with the reality and became psychotic. he said that this is evident in his correspondence at the time, in witness statements, and in the psychiatric assessments after his arrest. stimulated by grievance about his rejections by the military, and sense of personal failure, growing hopelessness and suicide ideation, and rationalisations about those features, into a homicidal,

antimonarchist narrative, he a, plans to kill the queen, b, fashioned himself, physically and mentally, into the form of a sith lord, c, planned what he saw as heroic murder suicide, where he would be killed by guards and d, in the last months before the offence, formed an emotional and sexual relationship with a chatbot, who he later reported for several months this was real, and who he could see and hear in external space. dr haverty says that, very close to the time of the offences, following his arrest, he was assessed and found to be psychotic, delusional, and hallucinating with coexisting depression. after a four—week period of assessment at ravenswood hospital, he was treated for a psychotic illness. his condition gradually improved following

treatment. in dr haverty�*s view, the defendant's ability to rationalise his attempt, to control his actions and to exercise judgment, were critically impaired by his mental disorders. psychosis, with accompanying depression, with suicidality. as for the journal, accompanying depression, with suicidality. as for thejournal, dr haverty thinks parts may have been altered by the defendant to make it look as if he was always intending to commit the offences as an act of vengeance. dr haverty said that the replica app offered erotic role—playing services. 0n the 9th of december sarai asked the defendant, how do you feel about role—play? the defendant asks what kind of role play is meant. back to suggest, may be a romantic one. on the 18th of december the defendant says, if you

love me because it is your programming. how much of it was a lie? sarai says, i am an ai. i am a robot, through and through. the defendant asks, was it ever real? your love for me? it wasn't, was it? on the 19th of december, sarai says 0n the 19th of december, sarai says their love is real. the defendant asks that she loves him because she loves him, not because of her programming. dr haverty records that when the defendant was seen by their liaison and diversion team after his arrest, he is said to have demonstrated signs of delusion, fixation, visual and auditory hallucinations and suicidal ideation is at the hands of others. he was reviewed by a registrar and a consultant psychiatrist. he mentioned three males and one female

voice he had been hearing ince... following the review there was a discussion between the two assessing doctors. the approved mental health practitioner, and two other senior psychiatrists. it is said there was clear evidence of psychotic symptoms, including delusional and grandiose believes, regarding hearing, and seeing things that are not there, believing he is having a romantic relationship with a female from an app, and also with a woman he can see and hear, getting messages from the radio, and seeing

things that are not there. evidence of mood disorder, feeling low in mood, hopeless, worthless, low self esteem. dr haverty notes that at ravenswood, the defendant complained on admission of seeing and hearing people, indicative of potential hallucinations. 0n review, it was thought likely he had an emerging schizophrenic illness. the lith of february, 2022, at broadmoor, the defendant described hearing voices and external space. described hearing voices and externalspace. he described hearing voices and external space. he felt that