A schizophrenic accused of carrying out a frenzied knife attack on a man and woman in the street has been detained indefinitely at Westgate after being found unfit to stand trial.Alan Robinson, 53, of Hamilton Parish, was accused of the attempted murder of Vernica Tucker on December 11 last year, along with carrying a bladed article in a public place and assaulting Kevin Arorash.A Supreme Court jury found at a hearing on Monday that he was not fit to plead to any of the charges because of his mental illness.Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves ordered he be detained at Westgate “until such time as the Governor’s discretion is known” — meaning no date was set for his release.Mr Robinson’s lawyer Oonagh Vaucrosson said yesterday her client carried out a “spontaneous, random attack” on Ms Tucker and Mr Arorash because of his schizophrenia but would not get the mental health treatment he needed in prison.“He is in need of a forensic psychiatric unit,” she said. “He committed these offences because of mental illness and we need to treat his mental illness.“We are not doing him, from a human standpoint, any service, nor the community. We understand he needs to be in secure custody but he needs to be in secure custody where his illness can also be treated.“MWI (Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute) has complained that it is unable to treat him to the level he needs to be treated and that the atmosphere of the prison is not conducive to his treatment.”Ms Vaucrosson described Mr Robinson as an “indigent person, just going from pillar to post” and said he needed help to take the right medication and “to be able to function, eventually”.The Legal Aid attorney added: “We can’t hold him indefinitely. At the moment, it’s at the pleasure of the Governor, which is an indefinite period of time.“On the one hand, we are grateful that the jury came back with ‘he’s not fit to plead’. On the other hand, the treatment is not in Bermuda at the moment and we don’t have resources enough to provide him with it.”She said Bermuda was trying to “learn the lessons from the tragic situation” of Lorenzo Robinson, the paranoid schizophrenic who committed suicide in Westgate in 2008.“We needed a forensic psychiatric unit there but we don’t have one at MWI and we don’t have one at the prison.”Mr Robinson first appeared at Magistrates’ Court charged with the attack on his alleged victims on Christmas Eve last year (see sidebar for more).At the May arraignments session at Supreme Court, he denied attempted murder and possession of a bladed article in a public place and admitted assault. His lawyer said he later changed his plea for the assault charge to not guilty.In June last year, Mr Robinson was found guilty at a Magistrates’ Court trial of threatening behaviour, possessing an offensive weapon, resisting arrest and assaulting an officer. The court heard he threatened officers with a metal pipe.In February’s Throne Speech, the Government pledged to introduce a better system for dealing with mentally ill defendants.The speech said: “Bermuda can no longer ignore the significant challenge presented by those who commit crimes, but who are mentally ill.“The current pattern of mentally ill Bermudians repeatedly entering and exiting the criminal justice system is damaging to them, poses unacceptable risks to society and cannot be allowed to continue.”The Royal Gazette was not in court for Monday’s hearing and this article was prepared with information provided by the prosecution and the defence and from previous hearings.A Government spokesman said yesterday: “The Attorney General’s Chambers continues to progress the establishment and implementation of the Mental Health Treatment Court (MHTC).“A designated Magistrate will undertake training in September with the implementation of the MHTC expected in October. The AG’s Chambers are also working with the Ministry of Health and Department of Corrections to maximise existing resources and ensure offenders receive appropriate treatment while incarcerated.”