Third Year Psychology Student on Antidepressants Murders His Parents, Attempts Suicide
Angela Gupta
parents in July, was on Wednesday referred to the Valkenberg Psychiatric
hospital near Cape Town.
Harris, 23, made his first court appearance on Wednesday, facing two charges of
murder.
After allegedly gunning down his parents, Glenn and Deborah Harris, at their
Diep River home in Cape Town's southern suburbs, on July 10, Harris turned the
gun on himself, but survived his suicide attempt.
Police said his suicide bid landed him in hospital under police guard, and that
he was released on Tuesday, after treatment that lasted little more than a
month. On his discharge from hospital, he was handed back into police custody.
At Wednesday's proceedings, before magistrate Hafeesa Mohamed, Harris struggled
slowly up a steep flight of steps leading from the holding cells to the
prisoners' dock.
He was unshaven and shabbily dressed, and seemed confused and unsteady as he
stood before the court.
A letter from District Surgeon Dr. S. Trope, that formed part of the court
record, said: "This is a 23-year-old man with a matric education and in his
third year of psychology studies. "He has a history of depression for many
years, and was under the case of psychiatrist Dr C F Ziervogel at the time of
the shooting. He was on anti-depressants."
Well, psychiatric "treatment" and his studies in psychology sure ruined this guy
and his poor parents.
Trudy Johnson
definitely looking in the wrong place. And the evidence above surely proves
that.
Trudy
Angela Gupta
definitely looking in the wrong place.