FIT FOR TRIAL

Ma sheds tears of relief after Xavier Mitchell's murder-accused is finally set for the dock following psychiatric tests

- BY KIM SWARTZ

THE man charged with brutally stabbing fiveyear-old Xavier Mitchell from Bishop Lavis to death was declared fit to stand trial.

Mervyn White, who suffers from a mental health condition, returned to the Bishop Lavis Magistrate Court yesterday after he completed a psychiatric evaluation at Valkenberg Hospital.

While White appeared in the dock, he looked around in the gallery and flashed a smile, as the court heard that he was fit to stand trial.

The news left klein Xavier's mother, Sylvia, a broken woman as she couldn't hold back the tears in the gallery.