Tue. May 13 - 5:27 AM
A psychiatric assessment has been ordered for a homeless man who dropped his pants in a Halifax courtroom Friday and invited the judge to perform oral sex on him.
Joel David Arseneau, 40, was being arraigned in Halifax provincial court before Judge Barbara Beach on two charges of breaching probation or court orders when he let his pants fall to the floor, displaying his underwear.
Sheriff’s deputies hustled Mr. Arseneau out of the courtroom. As they were taking him downstairs to the holding cells, they received word that Judge Beach was prepared to proceed with the arraignment as long as the defendant was willing to keep his pants up.
The judge adjourned the case until Monday and remanded Mr. Arseneau to the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth for the weekend. Before he left court for the second time, Mr. Arseneau asked a clerk if she wanted to see his genitals. That earned him another quick escort out of the courtroom. On Monday, a doctor who visited with Mr. Arseneau in the cells recommended a psychiatric assessment of his mental fitness and criminal responsibility.
Judge Beach accepted the doctor’s advice and remanded Mr. Arseneau to the East Coast Forensic Hospital in Dartmouth until Friday, when he returns to court for a bail hearing.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1055557.html
Subject: Man Drops Pants in Court 
