Asperger defense fails for former astronaut

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No insanity defense for ex-astronaut Nowak

ORLANDO, Fla., May 15 (UPI) -- A representative for former astronaut

Nowak's attorney, Lykkebak, says an insanity defense will not be used in

Nowak's Florida criminal trial.

Lykkebak's representative, Marti MacKenzie, said the attorney withdrew a motion

filed in 2007 that prepared the groundwork for a possible insanity defense in

Nowak's trial on battery, attempted kidnapping and attempted burglary with

assault charges, Florida Today said Friday.

" This was never a strategy the defense discussed, " MacKenzie said. " You had to

file a motion for that as an option by a certain time. "

Nowak stands accused of attempting to kidnap U.S. Air Force Capt. Colleen

Shipman in 2007 as part of a jealousy-driven attempt to wreck Shipman's romantic

relationship with Oefelein, then a U.S. astronaut.

Investigators allege Nowak drove 1,000 miles to attempt the kidnapping on Feb.

5, 2007, and had been carrying garbage bags, latex gloves, a hunting knife and a

rubber mallet in her car.

Florida Today said Lykkebak's filing Thursday withdrew a 2007 motion that

alleged Nowak, during the 2007 incident, had been suffering from psychological

issues such as major depressive disorder, Asperger's disorder and

obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

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So its Asperger's Disorder to defense attorneys is it? Good that the claim was turned down.

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