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| Kidnap accused 'unfit for trial' | Kidnap accused 'unfit for trial' |
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| A Greek engineer accused of the kidnap and manslaughter of Wakefield travel agent Stephanie Hammill has been ruled mentally unfit to stand trial. | A Greek engineer accused of the kidnap and manslaughter of Wakefield travel agent Stephanie Hammill has been ruled mentally unfit to stand trial. |
| A judge said he had consulted psychiatrists and concluded Ioannis Revenikiotis, 28, of Dewsbury, was incapable of instructing solicitors. | A judge said he had consulted psychiatrists and concluded Ioannis Revenikiotis, 28, of Dewsbury, was incapable of instructing solicitors. |
| Proceedings will continue but the jury will be asked only to decide whether he committed the acts he is charged with. | Proceedings will continue but the jury will be asked only to decide whether he committed the acts he is charged with. |
| They will not be asked to come to any conclusion about criminal liability. | They will not be asked to come to any conclusion about criminal liability. |
| Mr Justice Butterfield at Leeds Crown Court said Mr Revenikiotis was "not capable of properly instructing solicitors and certainly not capable of himself giving evidence". | Mr Justice Butterfield at Leeds Crown Court said Mr Revenikiotis was "not capable of properly instructing solicitors and certainly not capable of himself giving evidence". |
| Removed from dock | |
| Shortly after the trial was resumed following the ruling, the judge ordered the defendant be removed from the dock due to his behaviour. | |
| Mr Revenikiotis had demanded his interpreter to leave and then repeatedly interrupted the court. | |
| The engineer is accused of causing the death of 20-year-old Miss Hammill, who fell from a moving car she got into after a night out in the mistaken belief it was a taxi. | The engineer is accused of causing the death of 20-year-old Miss Hammill, who fell from a moving car she got into after a night out in the mistaken belief it was a taxi. |
| The court was told she was left "terrified", with her leg trailing from the car as he sped off before her boyfriend could get in. | |
| Prosecutors says Miss Hammill either jumped or fell from the vehicle because she feared she was about to be sexually assaulted. | |
| She was later found dead in Batley Road, Wakefield, after being hit by another car. | She was later found dead in Batley Road, Wakefield, after being hit by another car. |
| Mr Revenikiotis is also charged with the abduction and indecent assault of a 23-year-old pregnant woman, who he picked up outside a bus station late at night in Dewsbury, nine months before Miss Hammill's death. | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |