An unemployed man who allegedly hit his mother with a spanner while she was praying was ordered by the Kuala Kangsar Sessions Court today to be sent for psychiatric observation.

Judge Rohaida Ishak ordered Mohamad Helmi Hamzah, 29, to be sent to Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta Tanjung Rambutan following a request by deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Firdaus Nor Azlan...