The Australian father who KILLED his four-year-old son while suffering from mental illness desperately pleads for him to rejoin society eight years after the tragedy.
- Adelaide’s father wants to be released back into the community, a court has heard
- David Janzow killed his 4-year-old son Luca while suffering from mental illness in July 2014
- Found not guilty, ordered to spend the rest of his life in a secure mental health facility
- He wants to be released and continue psychological treatment in the community
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A father who stabbed his four-year-old son to death wants him returned to the community, a court has heard.
Almost eight years have passed since David Janzow killed his 4-year-old son Luca while suffering from bipolar disorder in adelaide.
He was later found not guilty for mental incompetence and ordered to spend the rest of his life in a secure mental health facility.
In 2018, Janzow was given a day’s supervised release from James Nash House and later sought to have supervision relaxed.
David Janzow (left) stabbed his young son Luca (centre) to death in July 2014 and was later found not guilty for mental incompetence. The couple appears in the photo with Luca’s mother.
His legal team has asked the Supreme Court to consider releasing Janzow from the mental health center and continuing to receive psychological treatment in the community, the Adelaide Advertiser informed.
Janzow is understood to have spent time at Ashton House, which is considered a “reduction” facility for James Nash House inpatients.
The facility has lower security and aims to help patients readjust to society.
“This is our request for release from James Nash House to reside at a certain address,” his lawyer Stephen Ey told the court on Monday.
“The court should already have the annual report on my client’s health, and we are asking for another report.”
Luca Janzow (pictured) was just four years old when his life was tragically cut short.
Prosecutors told the court they did not object.
“That report will probably take about two months (to complete), and the prosecution requires only one report given the circumstances of this case,” Lucy Boord said.
During Janzow’s trial in 2015, it was revealed that he had previously been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had an extensive history of depression.
Janzow remains in pre-trial detention in a mental health facility and will reappear in court in April.
David Janzow (pictured) wants to be released back into the community, a court has heard
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