Former student accused of stabbing classmate deemed mentally incompetent

A woman accused of stabbing a classmate at a Riverland school last year was mentally incompetent at the time, a court has heard.The accused appeared in court via video link from a secure psychiatric facilityAmber Brea Rover, 19, was charged with aggravated causing serious harm and recklessly causing harm after she allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old girl at Renmark High School last July.

Prosecutors have previously told the Adelaide Magistrates Court the victim suffered a punctured lung from the life-threatening stab wound.Ms Rover appeared in court via video link from the secure psychiatric facility James Nash House, north of Adelaide. Prosecutors told the court they were dropping the charge of recklessly causing harm and that they accepted Ms Rover was mentally incompetent at the time.

Ms Rover is yet to formally enter a plea, but the court heard she admitted"the objective elements" of the remaining charge of aggravated causing serious harm.

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