A SECOND medical opinion will be sought on a woman who, her counsel argues, is not fit to plead.

Guernsey immigration adviser Angelique Blin, 49 (pictured), faces seven counts of deception with alternatives of theft. In June, Judge Russell Finch used his casting vote after the jurats were split 4-4 over whether the defendant was fit to plead.

The case was adjourned and Ms Blin was bailed with conditions that included undergoing in-patient treatment at the Castel Hospital.

For the prosecution, Crown Advocate Fiona Russell told a directions hearing of the Royal Court that the defendant had been an in-patient for much of the interim period.

The court agreed that a second medical opinion would be sought from an expert agreed on by both parties. Judge Finch said when the case resumed in October it would be in the presence of the jurats, when he hoped a definitive decision could be reached.

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