Murderer Miss Mieke is incompetent according to psychiatrists: what does that mean? And how is that decision made?

Gunther Uwents, the former student who killed teacher Mieke Verlinden, is incompetent according to the board of psychiatrists that examined him. But what exactly is insanity defense? When, how and by whom is such a decision made? And what are the consequences for perpetrator and victim?

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