[Original Post Date: 02/25/2012: DS]
[Note: Please see post below this one as well.]
Apparently there was a hearing last Friday (02/24/2012) in the ayres case. Surprise!
(I'm not sure why the victims who filed police reports are not told ahead of time about this shit. Seems like we should be. In fact, it's very likely this blog wouldn't even exist if the victims had ever received consideration from the DA, and been treated with a modicum of dignity before the trial. I know, I know... it's not the DA's job to treat people with dignity. Wagstaffe is Aces. )
According to articles in the Mercury News and the San Mateo Daily Journal:
ayres' attorney, Scumbag McDougall is still alleging that his client is demented (in spite of video and reports showing otherwise.) BUT: Scumbag also claims that ayres is having such a difficult time at Napa, that the doctors should be forced to report on his condition earlier than their planned August evaluation.
There will be a hearing on April 27, 2012 at which Scumbag McDougall will apparently argue that william hamilton ayres is so demented that he needs to be NOT tried for for molesting many young boys while alleging that he was practicing child psychiatry, AND he needs to be released from Napa because he's SO demented that he needs to have non-locked-up, outpatient treatment.
Sounds like a logical argument right? My money says the court is going to eat it up.
According to the Mercury News, Karen Guidotti from the DA's office - the who jauntily greeted the mother of one of the victims outside the courtroom immediately after her office conceded to ayres' bogus dementia defense - said that based on her take from reading initial reports, it's too early to release ayres. She also speculates that ayres is not having a great time at Napa (fucking Sherlock Holmes working in San Mateo, we have...) She also tells the Merc that she is sure that Scumbag McDougall "will do whatever they can to get him out of there, just as strongly as we feel that he belongs locked up."
The San Mateo Daily Journal says that Guidotti says that the DA's office will " “absolutely” argue vigorously against any change" " Note that the Journal included air-quotes around the word "absolutely."
By "Absolutely" I'm sure that what is meant is that they'll have an underling stand up in court, rather than have Wagstaffe himself show, and say that they really, really, really would like ayres to stay locked up, and then the court will shrug and say: "nutin' we can do," and then, POP, there will be another child molester roaming the streets of San Mateo again.
Both articles seem to be unclear about what happens after the 6 months of by-law lockup, but the San Mateo Daily Journal article says that Scumbag McDougall has the burden of proving that ayres can be adequately "treated" outside of lockup.
Child molesters should be "treated" to long-term prison beatings in my thinking, but alas, I live in San Mateo county, and molesters here are most frequently "treated" to a slap on the wrist and slobbering praise over their military service.
Anyhow, put April 27, 2012 in your Disappointment Book. We'll post times when we get them.
If he was Nuts he wouldn't know or care where he was.
ReplyDeleteMichael Stogner
Why does Karen Guidotti say in the Daily Journal article that if Ayres goes anywhere it is "back to San Mateo County for prosecution?" By her statement she directly contradicts her own boss who told the mother of an in-statute victim in August that because Ayres was using a walker, that wouldn't be helpful in a mental competency trial.
ReplyDeleteGuidotti also directly contradicts her own prosecutor Melissa Mckowan who told many reporters and parents of victims in the summer of 2011 that "no jury would ever find Ayres to be mentally competent."
NO ONE is to be trusted in this case, including the San Mateo DA, who hired Ayres to evaluate boys and is terrified of lawsuits against the county
What Guidotti said about Ayres going back to San Mateo County for prosecution is a laff riot .
ReplyDeleteIs she not aware that her own boss Steve Wagstaffe told the mother of an in-statute Ayres victim in August 2011,that they were NOT going to retry Ayres because "they didn't want to spend the money?"
They're not going to re-try ayres because they never wanted to try him in the first place. They're going to get away with it because the people of San Mateo county don't want to hear about kiddie sex.
DeleteI fell sory for the victims. zHaving to relive it over and over,
ReplyDeleteAt least they got this far most of us cannot get any help at all. I had a prosecutor send police to my home to tell me not to call again after I bleft a message in which I yelled at him for abusing me with a guilt trip that lasted for 5 days before I realized what he had done to me, for having "survived and gotten out" when I called to report what I had been triggered into remembering by a contemporary trauma. San Mateo sadly is not the only county with a scumbag prosecutor. In my case child abuse is this guys only job.
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Wah, wah, wah! Poor widdle cry-baby Ayres is missing those long boozy lunches in San Francisco where he can talk about boys taking down their pants and mooning at the cars as he did last August!!
ReplyDeleteMaybe he's getting harassed at Napa. Now, wouldn't that be loverly.
I was kind of hoping that they gave them wood shampoos in Napa. Guess not.
DeleteSteve Wagstaffe, to a mother of an Ayres in-statue victim, Saturday August 20, 2011. Verbatim: "Because of the 8-4 verdict on the competency trial, I cannot justify a repeat because I have an obligation to the taxpayers against spending more money on a subsequent trial that can't be won. "
ReplyDeleteSo, Ms. Guidotti, are you willing to publicly contradict your boss and say that your office will retry Ayres?
I don't understand why ayres is having a hard time:
ReplyDelete"You have probably heard that Napa State Hospital is a world-class institution committed to individual care, professional development and public service. What you may not have heard is that we are also committed to working with a professional team of qualified physicians and other health care professionals. Currently we are looking for trained psychiatrists to join our team!"
Hey.....put the bastard to work!
ayres was never a psychiatrist. They must have some licence plate stamping or highway litter clean up programs, though - just have to chain them up so they don't wander off in their alleged dementia.
DeleteAside from being in prison for the rest of his life, the next best case scenario would be to have Ayres die at Napa, whining until the end.
ReplyDeleteAugust 22, 2011: "Ayres Avoids Prison Sentence"
ReplyDeleteWagstaffe and the prosecutor on the case, Melissa McKowan, decided not to pursue a second competency trial despite receiving a videotape Friday of Ayres dining and laughing with his wife and two friends at a restaurant in San Francisco.
February 25, 2012 : "Committed Doctor Wants Out"
Chief Deputy DA Karen Guidotti: " If Ayres is to go anywhere, she said, it is back to San Mateo County for prosecution."
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Which is it, Wagstaffe and Guidotti? Why can't you coordinate your stories out of the San Mateo District Attorney's office? It is cruel and inhuman for the victims and their families to have these people change their stories with the wind.
DA Steve Wagstaffe, August 22, 2011, "Ayres avoids prison sentence"
ReplyDeleteIn a trial on the issue of Ayres' competency, a jury hung 8-4 in June in favor of finding him incompetent. On Monday, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe decided against a second competency trial.
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February 25, 2012 : "Committed Doctor Wants Out"
Chief Deputy DA Karen Guidotti: " If Ayres is to go anywhere, she said, it is back to San Mateo County for prosecution."
As someone who was in Napa for 5 years (10 total in state hospitals) I can tell you why he is having a hard time. Staff don't like malingerers (To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.) Especially those who have been in the psyche field. I saw a few of each and it ain't pretty.
ReplyDeletePatients and staff alike (at least when I was there) did not have a tolerance for those who faked illnesses as it took valuable time, resources and treatment away from those of us who did.
FYI, my own mental illnesses, PTSD and severe depression, was caused via sexual abuse as a child. After being in and out of hospitals since 9th grade, I can say I feel for the families of the victims.
Tuarim, Thanks for your input. I'm sure that he is a difficult "patient" as he's also quite full of himself. He (and his wife) are notorious for putting down psychologists and other non-MD professionals in general. I'm sure the 6 months have been hell, being treated like a patient, when he's actually mentally alert and just watching the clock count down.
DeleteSounds like you've had a tough time; I hope things are going better for you now.