Sadism and schizophrenia have been put ahead as two separate explanations for the brutal hammer assault on a intercourse employee at a Sydney resort.
Matthew Sean Donaldson, 43, is dealing with sentencing after pleading responsible to 1 rely of inflicting grievous bodily hurt with an intent to homicide a feminine intercourse employee after inviting her as much as his resort room on February 23, 2021.
The self-professed gaming fanatic introduced a hammer, knife and ball gag to the room, minimize off the ladies's underwear and received into an argument concerning the moralities of individuals promoting their our bodies for intercourse earlier than attacking her with the hammer.
After the incident, he caught the practice from City Corridor to Penrith, and received right into a taxi to Blaxland the place he fled into the bush with a loaded gun hoping to finish his personal life. He was arrested two days later.
Donaldson, who sat impassive sporting jail greens at Downing Centre District Court docket on Wednesday, had a historical past of perusing sadomasochistic pornography, together with hentai, on the web, Decide Antony Townsden heard.
A key situation on the sentence listening to is whether or not the Mount River man deliberate the assault as a result of sadistic fantasies or whether or not he was below paranoid delusions on account of then-undiagnosed schizophrenia.
Guide forensic psychiatrist Dr Adam Martin, who has been retained by crown prosecutors, informed the court docket the extent of planning proven by Donaldson made it unlikely the assault was based mostly on his paranoid delusions.
Beneath cross-examination by defence barrister Sarah Talbert, Martin identified that Donaldson had introduced a "torture equipment" with him to the resort room and had appeared up each sadistic pornography and information articles about violent offending previous to the assault.
"To me, that speaks rather more like offended and premeditated sexually motivated offending than the situation which I believe you are proposing," he informed the barrister.
He stated it was unlikely that every thing was fantastic earlier than Donaldson snapped due to his paranoia, attacking her with a hammer he simply occurred to convey alongside to a go to with an escort.
"I imply I simply do not buy it. It simply does not appear believable and most of the people would not settle for that," he stated.
In consultations with defence psychiatrist Dr Andrew Ellis, Donaldson stated he obtained communications from a "messenger" who talked to him via faces on rocks and spotlights in towers.
He additionally informed others that he had a worry of surveillance units and believed COVID-19 was a conspiracy, the court docket heard.
In explaining the assault, Donaldson claims he "freaked out" and feared for his life believing the escort would assault him earlier than he bludgeoned her with the hammer.
Crown prosecutor Sara Gul stated Donaldson, who has a probable prognosis of autism and experiences signs of hysteria like profuse sweating, deliberate on ending his life inside a sure timeframe.
"He needed to have as a lot enjoyable as he may earlier than ending it when he ran out of cash," she stated.
Donaldson has requested the court docket to bear in mind two additional offences of possessing a prohibited firearm and possessing two prohibited weapons, a baton and a ninja throwing star, when figuring out his sentence.
The listening to continues.
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