Joanna Rowland-Stuart is accused of murdering her husband Andrew Rowland-Stuart, 70, at their flat in Lavender Street, Brighton, on May 27 2024.
Judge Christine Laing KC heard evidence today at Lewes Crown Court from medical experts on the health conditions of Joanna Rowland-Stuart, 71.
Judge Laing today ruled: “She would be an unreliable witness in her own defence and would not be fit to be cross-examined, and for those reasons alone I find her unfit to plead.”
Emergency services were called to the 15th-floor flat shortly after 7.30pm, on May 27 2024.
An inquest heard that Andrew Rowland-Stuart died from multiple stab wounds.
Mr Rowland-Stuart was pronounced dead at the scene.
A trial of the act – which decides if someone physically committed a crime, rather than their intent – is due to take place, without Rowland-Stuart’s participation.
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