The spouse of a Pasadena man who drove her and their two younger youngsters off a Northern California cliff requested a decide to launch her husband from jail, saying the household wants him.
Neha Patel testified for the primary time Thursday throughout a listening to over whether or not her husband, Dharmesh Patel, ought to have his case faraway from prison courtroom, in a state of affairs that may see him launched from jail and put right into a psychological well being diversion program.
“We want him in our life,” stated Neha Patel, who appeared through video name, in response to the Mercury Information. “We’re not a household with out him.”
Neha and her two youngsters have been passengers when Dharmesh drove his Tesla off a cliff Jan. 2, 2023, at Satan’s Slide on Freeway 1. Dharmesh was charged with a depend of tried homicide for every passenger and has been jailed since. Docs testifying in Dharmesh’s protection have argued that he’s match for psychological well being diversion and that the crash was doubtless a results of his main depressive dysfunction and a psychotic episode.
Psychological well being diversion would imply that Dharmesh can be launched from jail and be positioned below a therapy plan by a supervising physician for 2 years. If he have been to violate the therapy plan or different circumstances of launch, his case can be returned to courtroom. If he adopted the plan, his case can be dropped.
Neha testified at size in regards to the impact her husband’s absence has had on the household, calling him a “variety and altruistic” man who “has been my greatest pal for greater than 25 years,” in response to the Mercury Information. Neha’s testimony was shocking as she instructed paramedics after the crash that her husband purposefully drove off the cliff.
“‘He deliberately tried to kill us,’” Neha Patel instructed paramedics, in response to the San Mateo County District Lawyer.
Regardless of her testimony, the San Mateo County District Lawyer Stephen Wagstaffe opposes the diversion of the case. A health care provider for the prosecution testified Thursday that Dharmesh suffers from schizoaffective dysfunction and that his case shouldn’t be diverted.
A decide has not but dominated on the movement.
