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7/24/2025, 7:39:04 PM
>The transgender woman who killed her husband with a samurai sword has been ordered to be detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.
>Joanna Rowland-Stuart, 71, was charged with the murder of her husband, 70-year-old Andrew Rowland-Stuart, but found to be unfit to plead.
>Instead, a trial of the act took place at Lewes Crown Court this week when a jury of six men and six women were asked to decide whether the defendant committed the act.
>They returned their verdict – that the defendant unlawfully killed her husband – this afternoon after deliberating for 2 hours and 21 minutes.
>When the jury returned its verdict today that the defendant did commit the act, Judge Laing made an indefinite hospital order under section 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
>Joanna Rowland-Stuart, 71, was charged with the murder of her husband, 70-year-old Andrew Rowland-Stuart, but found to be unfit to plead.
>Instead, a trial of the act took place at Lewes Crown Court this week when a jury of six men and six women were asked to decide whether the defendant committed the act.
>They returned their verdict – that the defendant unlawfully killed her husband – this afternoon after deliberating for 2 hours and 21 minutes.
>When the jury returned its verdict today that the defendant did commit the act, Judge Laing made an indefinite hospital order under section 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
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