A comprehensive plan for intensive supervision and treatment has been ordered for a Fort Macleod youth who used an axe to murder his mother. Judge Eric Peterson on Monday ordered the plan be prepared by Sept. 2, a week prior to the youth’s next appearance in Lethbridge provincial court.

   “It is appropriate and important to have before the court all the information that might bear on . . . the type of sentence,” Judge Peterson said.

   The youth, who cannot be named due to provisions in the Youth Justice Act, was in court Monday with defence lawyer Steven Virk. Proceedings to determine whether the Crown will seek an adult sentence were delayed because a psychiatric assessment arrived late.

   “We continue to be at the stage where there has not been a determination,” Judge Peterson said. “That is still a live issue before the court.”

   Crown prosecutor Eric Brooks said the 43-page report arrived by fax Monday morning.

   “We were hoping to get it at least by Friday to have the weekend to go through it,” Brooks said.

   The report was to have been ready by July 15.

   The youth has been in custody since May 4, 2009 when RCMP responded to a call that a woman had been murdered at a Fort Macleod residence. Court was told the youth, who was 17 at the time, hit his mother several times with an axe.

   When he discovered she was still alive, the youth stabbed the woman repeatedly, then wrapped her body and hid it in the basement. The youth then called a friend to confess that he killed his mother out of frustration over constant nagging. The other youth found the body and called police.

   The youth pleaded guilty last year to second degree murder, and the Crown set out to decide if it will seek an adult sentence.

   That decision has been delayed several times when assessments of the youth were slow in coming or missed entirely.

   “This is something that has been a source of frustration,” Brooks said.

   Brooks said the timing of preparation and receipt of the psychiatric assessments has been a source of frustration for both the Crown and defence lawyers.

   Brooks asked Judge Peterson to adjourn the case to Sept. 9 to give Crown and defence lawyers time to review the latest report.

   The Crown also asked the judge to order that a plan for intensive supervision and treatment for the youth be prepared by Sept. 2. Under questioning by the judge, Brooks said that report will factor into the Crown’s decision to seek a youth or adult sentence.