Looks like Todd is already trying to beat the charges "by reason of insanity"
Autism Spectrum Disorder - that's a new one for us.https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/police-charge-teenager-following...Her body was found on a soccer pitch at around 2.40am on Wednesday morning.
Police released CCTV images later that day, captured during the childcare student’s walk home. It is suspected she may have been stalked for more than four kilometres on her journey from the southern end of the CBD.
The images showed a young man in a hoodie could be seen standing on a city footpath.
Jaymes Todd, 19, handed himself in at Broadmeadows police station that night.
The teenager yawned as he appeared in court on Thursday charged with Ms Dixon’s rape and murder.
He suffers from
Autism Spectrum Disorder and is socially regressive, his lawyer told Melbourne Magistrate’s Court.
Mr Todd kept his eyes downcast for most of his court appearance, occasionally looking around the room, according to reporters on the scene.
He wore a short-sleeved blue shirt and remained silent during more than an hour in the dock.
Police said the alleged killer did not know Ms Dixon, who was named on Thursday afternoon as the young woman found murdered in the park.
Mr Todd has been remanded in custody until October. Autism is not "insanity".
The lawyer should be disciplined for presenting a false premise as a defense.