THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Prison psychiatrists in Norway have ruled that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is not psychotic and has not been put on medication, contradicting earlier reports of insanity.
The original finding by two court-appointed psychiatrists has been fiercely debated by mental health experts and several lawyers representing the victims of the massacre. Families of the victims have demanded the Oslo District Court order a second evaluation. Breivik has confessed to the murder of 77 people in July. In November he was declared insane.
However, despite the psychiatrists views, prosecutor Svein Holden in a letter to the court said he would not seek another evaluation.
Breivik has recently been given access to media in prison and could try to manipulate new experts in ways that would be favourable to him, he said.
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