WTH? Alleged Cop Killer Rubs Poop All Over His Face In Court After Pleading Insanity
IF this guy isn't actually insane, he really went this far to avoid hard time.
A man accused of murdering a New Orleans police officer stopped jury selection for his trial on Wednesday by rubbing human feces on himself.Travis Boys, 35, has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering Officer Daryle Holloway while escaping from custody in June 2015.Jury selection was occurring at around 4pm when Boys removed a napkin from his suit pocket and opened it to reveal feces that he began to rub on his face, head and mouth, NOLA.com reportedBoys said nothing while covering himself in the excrement; it's unclear exactly where the feces came from, but it was likely saved by Boys during a bathroom break.When she saw what was happening, Criminal District Judge Karen Herman stopped proceedings and dismissed the jury that had seen the incident.Herman has now ordered another competency evaluation for Boys, whose capacity to stand trial has previously been questioned by his defense team. It will take place today. If it's decided that the trial should go ahead.At an earlier competency hearing on September 21, Boys' defense team introduced Dr James Brad McConville a psychiatrist and professor at Tulane University.'He doesn't understand his legal rights,' McConville testified. 'He would have significant difficulty testifying without incriminating himself. 'My recommendation is that he be found incompetent to stand trial and undergo further testing and legal rights education.'But court-appointed experts Dr Rafael Salcedo, a forensic psychologist, and Dr Richard Richoux, forensic psychiatrist, said Boys was capable of standing trial. -(James Wilkinson, Daily Mail)