into heroin and methylamphetamine use (contradicting his evidence at trial, where he claimed only to have used cannabis). The offender asserted that he had been regularly subjected to urinalysis to detect drug use when on parole, with all tests returning a negative result. There is no independent evidence of that.
65 Although the report is confusing in parts, Dr Neilssen records the offender's assertion that, at about the time of Charlise's murder, he had not been taking his prescribed medication, as he had run out of it in 2021. (It is noted that the latter claim is disproved by the photographic evidence at trial of Seroquel in the offender's possession in January 2022, by the evidence of Mrs Stein and, for what it is worth, the offender's evidence, which was that he took his medication as prescribed.) The offender told Dr Neilssen that his mental state declined, and he was not looking after himself. He said:
"I have schizophrenia and started hearing voices again and it got worse and worse until I started to snap".[1]
66 The offender said that he was establishing a business at about this time, which he promoted through "word of mouth" as "he did not know how to set up social media accounts"[2] (the latter claim being contradicted by Ex. F, which shows his use of Facebook).
67 The doctor recorded a personal history together with a history of drug use and psychiatric illness that was very similar to that recorded in the 2017 report. Since going into custody in January 2022, the offender said he had been prescribed olanzapine and mirtazapine, although he claimed to still experience aural hallucinations. He said his physical health had improved.
68 The offender said that his time in prison had been very difficult, and he claimed to have been assaulted by both prison staff and inmates. As to the offender's substance use, Dr Neilssen recorded the offender asserting, in precisely the same words as in the 2017 report, that "the biggest problem" was that those treating him did not look at "underlying causes", and it was only "in the last few years" that he had been properly medicated.
