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COHASSET, Mass. \u2013 The Massachusetts art swindler<\/a> accused of misleading authorities in their search for his long-missing wife was once called a “sociopath” by the beneficiary of his father\u2019s will, raising some questions about his mental health. But how difficult would a mental health defense be to achieve?<\/p>\n

Daniel Gotlin, a noted New York<\/a>-based defense attorney, successfully tried a mental health defense in 2014. At the time, he was representing a man accused of fatally stabbing his mother after she began limiting his soda intake and cigarette smoking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Most of our clients are sociopaths, that means you\u2019re just putting your interest above society,” Gotlin told Fox News Digital. “It doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re insane when you a commit a crime.”<\/p>\n

TIMELINE OF ANA WALSHE’S DISAPPEARANCE AND BRIAN WALSHE’S ARREST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Brian Walshe, 47, remains behind bars for allegedly misleading law enforcement investigating his wife\u2019s Jan. 1 disappearance. The woman, 39-year-old Ana Walshe, has been missing for 12 days.<\/p>\n

Brian Walshe was arrested on Jan. 8 and charged with misleading a police investigation<\/a> into her disappearance. He was ordered held on $500,000 cash bail over $5 million surety bond. He has not been charged with anything related to his wife\u2019s wellbeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0previously convicted art swindler<\/a>, who shares three young boys with his missing wife, was on house arrest at the time for selling fake Andy Warhol paintings.<\/p>\n

MISSING MASSACHUSETTS MOTHER ANA WALSHE’S HUSBAND ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY \u2018MISLEADING A POLICE INVESTIGATION\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Walshe was further accused in 2018 of destroying his neurologist father\u2019s will in 2018, after he was cut out of the man\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n

When Dr. Thomas Morecroft Walshe died unexpectedly, he left his son “my best wishes but nothing else” and an ensuing court battle over his will. Thomas\u2019 longtime friend, who was the beneficiary of the will, later described in court how he had “witnessed firsthand what Brian was capable of.”<\/p>\n

“I saw Brian attempt to smuggle out antiquities from China,” the man wrote. “When Brian was confronted, he picked up a stanchion and literally attempted to kill four or five guards that had come to talk to him about his crime.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added: “Brian is not only a sociopath, but also a very angry and physically violent person,” court papers state.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But despite the accusations regarding his mental health, Gotlin said Walshe “has no insanity defense.”<\/p>\n

ANA WALSHE SAID HUSBAND WAS ‘TAUGHT TO LIE’ AND ‘TOLD HE WAS A LOSER’ AS A CHILD: COURT DOCS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“There\u2019s too much planning in it,” he said. “Insanity happens on the spur of the moment.”<\/p>\n

Gotlin referenced a recent CNN report that described how Walshe had conducted internet searches<\/a> for “how to dispose of a 115-pound woman’s body” and how to dismember a body. Gotlin also noted that investigators do not need a body to provide their case if they have strong circumstantial evidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He may just be a sick sociopath that really has no defense, and the only defense is to work out the best disposition,” Gotlin went on.<\/p>\n

Duncan Levin, also a New York-based criminal defense attorney, stressed that the case was still in “such early stages” to the point where Ana Walshe or her remains have not yet been located.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s hard to predict exactly what the defense is going to be,” he said. “But clearly, whether it\u2019s a defense to the charge or something to try to mitigate whatever punishment there could be down the line, his history of mental issues will all come to play.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

ANA WALSHE’S HUSBAND, BRIAN WALSHE, THREATENED TO KILL HER IN 2014 BEFORE MARRYING: POLICE REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Levin, who has represented high-profile names including disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, added that a mental health defense “is very difficult to show.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Already, what we know is that this is somebody who has shown, according to the evidence that’s already been brought forth, this is somebody who has Googled how to dismember a body and bought cleaning supplies to try to cover up the crime,” he said. “It\u2019s not something that a mentally ill person would do.”<\/p>\n

He added: “Given the evidence we know, a mental health defense is going to be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/missing-massachusetts-mother-ana-walshes-husband-sociopath-has-no-insanity-defense-experts-say <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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