The behavior continued even as Murray, bound by hand and feet, kicked the inside of the police cruiser with his bare feet. He jumped on a cell bed until it's moorings were pulled from the wall at the Forest OPP detachment and then later, in Sarnia jail, ate toilet paper, drank from the toilet and feared someone had poisoned a cigarette and drinking water offered to him. After a few days, the symptoms subsided and Murray's behavior was considered normal by all three doctors. He was psychotic, which is similar to insane. Assistant Crown Attorney Diane Foster asked Dr. Hinsberger to explain Murray's psychotic symptoms and their relation to alcohol abuse.
Alcohol affects brain function.
One effect is psychotic symptoms. She added later Murray has no previous history of psychotic illness, nor is there such an illness in his family. This was backed by the other two psychiatrists in later testimony. Dr. William Komer, a psychiatrist with more than 10 years of experience, testified Murray was in a psychotic state during his visit to the Sarnia jail one day after the attack. Murray spit on the doctor and was unco-operative.