48-year-old Anthony O'Donohue’s charges, including the 14 counts of attempted murder, have now been referred to a mental health callover despite protests from his lawyer Ms Sarah Lynch.
Magistrate Suzette Coates said the accused might spend the rest of his life in The Park mental health centre, pending a psychiatric assessment, reported.
Police is alleging Anthony O'Donohue boarded a bus in the city's south at Beaudesert Rd at Moorooka, Brisbane on October 28 and threw an "incendiary device" on driver Manmeet Alisher leaving him no chance to survive.
The man charged with the killing Manmeet Alisher with several passengers on board has now been charged with three additional counts of attempted murder after Police confirming that they have spoken to three more passengers.
He was already facing one count of murder and 11 charges of attempted murder.
While the charges were heard in the Roma Street Magistrates Court on Tuesday, a verbal clash occurred between the Legal Aid solicitor Sarah Lynch and Magistrate Suzette Coates.
Ms Lynch mentioned that her client was receiving involuntary mental health treatments as a ‘classified’ patient and a mental health report was pending with regard to the charges against him.
She asked for the matter to remain before a committal callover but Ms Coates was of the opinion of sending it to the Mental Health Court.
"I am the mental health magistrate and I will make the necessary course," she said.
29-year-old Manmeet was popular within the Punjabi community in Australia as a singer and showbiz promoter.
Manmeet’s death prompted strong concerns within Indian-Australian community with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull assuring his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over the investigation process.
Queensland's Health Minister had earlier ordered an independent review of the mental health care offered to the accused killer.
