Crown to close case in Killancholly murders

The Crown is expected to close its case today at the trial of 35-year-old security guard Jeffrey Perry, who is charged with the murder of three children at Killancholly, St Mary, in 2005.



Prosecutors Lisa Palmer-Hamilton and Melissa Simms have led evidence at the trial that the children were fatally stabbed between January 27 and 28, 2005 at their home in Killancholly.



Perry gave a caution statement to the police on February 8, 2005, in which he said voices told him to kill.



In the statement, he admitted entering the house through a window and stabbing the children who were sleeping.



Psychologist Dr Kai Morgan testified on Friday and yesterday that she carried out the tests in May and June this year and Perry told her he would sometimes hear voices calling him names for what he had done.



She said the condition was known as auditory hallucination.



But, she said, Perry did not indicate to her that the voice told him to commit the murders.



Morgan said she diagnosed Perry as having obsessive-compulsive disorder, but that did not mean he was insane.



Meanwhile, Psychiatrist Dr Terrence Bernard said he examined Perry twice in 2006 and that Perry had a disorder of his personality which consisted of psycho-sexual problems but it did not mean he was insane.