Queensland health minister Cameron Dick says Anthony O’Donohue who has been charged over fatal attack on Manmeet Alisher, was a mental patient and had received public mental health services.
Mr. Dick says a review has been ordered to find out if he had received proper treatment.
48-year-old O’Donohue allegedly threw an incendiary device at 29-year-old Manmeet when he had stopped to pick up passengers on Friday morning. Manmeet died due to his horrific burns.
On Sunday, his lawyer Adam Magill told media he had concerns for O'Donohue's mental health and his client was feeling "numb" as he tried to come to terms with what happened.
Citing privacy laws,Mr Dick refused to reveal details of when and where O'Donohue was last treated.
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But he says an independent review, led by forensic psychiatrist Professor Paul Mullen, will thoroughly assess the adequacy of that care. The report of the review will be submitted to the government in eight weeks. The minister has promised to release the findings as far as he is able to under the law.
Mr Dick said he was devastated for the Alisher family and has also paid tribute to the paramedics and others who responded to the incident.
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