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Courtney Herron’s killer, Henry Hammond, ordered to spend 25 years in psychiatric hospital
Henry Hammond, who used a tree branch to beat a woman to death in a Melbourne park, has been ordered to spend 25 years in a secure psychiatric hospital.
Key points:
- Hammond was in the grips of a schizophrenic relapse when he killed Courtney Herron in 2019
- He was found not guilty of murdering Ms Herron due to mental impairment
- Today’s ruling means Hammond could be released by 2044
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Victoria’s Supreme Court today committed Hammond to the Thomas Embling Hospital after he was found not guilty of murdering Courtney Herron because of mental impairment.
Hammond was in the grips of a schizophrenic relapse when he killed Ms Herron, whose body was found underneath branches at…
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