A Binstead man who allegedly tried to kill his own wife moments after slitting his dog’s throat, is to appear before Portsmouth Crown Court early next year to determine whether or not he has the capacity to plead.
59-year-old Michael Lee Orton – commonly known as Lee – has been charged with attempted murder, causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and causing grievous bodily harm with intent following an incident at his home on Newnham Road on 20th June this year.
As previously reported by Island Echo, Armed Police were deployed to the quiet residential street and located a woman in her 50s – known to be Orton’s wife – with multiple stab wounds to her neck. The Armed Officers then moved in on the Orton’s home and arrested Michael, a heating and plumbing engineer, who was subsequently taken to hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during this incident.
Following 4 months in hospital, Orton finally appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court back in October, where he indicated a not guilty plea. Orton appeared in the dock wearing a blue polo shirt and with his arm bandaged, supported by a crutch.
The charge of attempted murder is so serious it can only be dealt with by the Crown Court, so the case was sent up to be heard last week. It was during Friday’s hearing at the Isle of Wight Crown Court that the decision was made to delay the arraignment pending specialist psychiatric reports. The reports will look to determine Orton’s fitness to plead.
Michael Orton, who remains behind bars on remand at HMP Isle of Wight, will next appear before Portsmouth Crown Court on 9th February 2023, with a provisional trial date of 6th March.
Who the hell kills an innocent dog?Did it provoke him?He is pure evil and needs the same done to him
So, he’s pure evil, but you’re OK commenting on here that he should be killed too…doesn’t exactly paint you in a good picture does it?
These 2 comments have been interesting, I’ve read, reread and read again, with different answers and feelings. On the one hand it does seem befitting that having the same done unto them will grant us (observer) some level of peace but then you have the other where we are to not punish the same otherwise we’d become that? I don’t know what the right answer is, only how I feel unto each possible outcome but I do feel strongly eye for an eye. This case is interesting in the sense that this truly depicts for us the construct of the mind and that we cannot truly know what’s going on in a loved ones mind, I do submit however that it can be easily spotted.
I gave you an up tick for effort.
the solution is….
put him in a six foot by nine foot room, with a slit for a window, with a toilet, sink and brick uprising from the floor for a bed, with a sheet for cover.
provide three meals a day through a hatch in the door.
leave him in the locked room until he dies.
put on the wall inside the room, a box – in that box should be a bottle of scotch and a box of pills – if he has had enough of living before he dies of natural causes in that small room, he can open the box and take all the pills, washed down with the scotch – then lay down and die.
the body should then be cremated on site, the room cleaned and prepared for the next customer.
Specialist psychiatric reports required to ascertain if he is mentally fit to defend himself in court. This is another defence lawyer ploy to delay court proceedings.