Drug user stabs his brother and tells his mum 'I hope he dies' after being turned away from a mental health facility
- Corey Wood, 22, from Warrnambool, Victoria went to South West Healthcare
- He was turned away from the hospital and staff told Wood to return the next day
- Instead, on October 15, 2018, he went home and stabbed his brother in the chest
- Wood also grabbed the family dog by the throat and threatened to kill the animal
A young drug user stabbed his older brother in the chest and threatened to kill the family dog after being turned away from a psychiatric facility.
Corey Wood, 22, from Warrnambool, Victoria went to South West Healthcare on October 15, 2018 for a mental health assessment but he was told to come back the next day.
Instead he went home and stabbed his brother with a 30cm-long blade before grabbing the dog by the throat and threatened to kill it because he believed the pair were conspiring against him.
'You've stabbed your brother and looks like he is going to die,' Wood's mother told him after the attack.
Wood replied: 'I hope he does.'
Corey Wood, 22, from Warrnambool, Victoria went to South West Healthcare (pictured) on October 15, 2018 for a mental health assessment but he was told to come back the next day
The brother was left blue, gasping for breath and going in and out of consciousness but survived after emergency surgery.
Wood pleaded guilty to offences including aggravated burglary, recklessly causing serious injury and assault.
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He had been mentally unwell and used drugs, and accused his brother of conspiring with the dog against him before launching an attack with two knives.
After being arrested and taken to the local police cells, Wood beat up another prisoner.
Being turned away from South West Healthcare was 'a particularly sad scenario' with significant repercussions, Wood's legal aid lawyer Morgan Adams told the County Court of Victoria on Tuesday.
Instead he went home and stabbed his brother with a 30cm-long blade before grabbed the dog by the throat and threatened to kill it because he believed the pair were conspiring against him (stock image)
A magistrate had ordered the young man go for a mental health assessment after being granted bail for other offences.
'Unfortunately he was sent away and told to come back the next day,' Mr Adams said.
The mishap ended in an investigation and magistrates no longer made these kinds of orders, the lawyer added.
Wood spent 334 days in custody before being bailed to a rehabilitation centre.
He now understood drug use was extremely damaging for his mental health, Mr Adams said.
Judge Gerard Mullaly indicated he was prepared to sentence Wood to time already served followed by a strict community correction order.
He is due to be sentenced on July 1.
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