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FLANAGIN Town resident Christopher Banfield, 45, was ordered to undergo an assessment at the St Ann's Psychiatric Hospital after he appeared in court charged with the murder of his 75-year-old father, Peter, on June 12.

A police release said Banfield appeared before Master Whitney Franklin in North Court C, on June 23. The matter will next be heard on July 8.

Peter was found dead in his kitchen around 7.30 pm and Banfield was later arrested by Central Division officers.