Whether a psychiatric expert examination had to be ordered to assess possible diminished responsibility.
Yes. The file contained serious indications that could not exclude a link between the accused's benzodiazepine dependence and the alleged offences, so an expert examination had to be ordered.
Under Art. 20 CP, an expertise is required when there are serious reasons to doubt responsibility. The medical report described strong benzodiazepine dependence, high tolerance, irritability, and self-harm to obtain more medication; these elements, together with the circumstances of the offences, created sufficient doubt.