Judge Paul McDermott at the Central Criminal Court said on Wednesday that a judicial review may be needed if the prison failed to allow the psychiatrist access to Ahmed Abdirahman (32).

The case has come before the courts on a number of occasions, with the legal team for the defence saying that the accused had failed to engage with a psychiatrist who attempted to see him.

Ahmed Abdirahman is accused of murdering the young mother on September 25th, 2024, at her house on Melrose Street in south Belfast.

The body of Mary Ward, 22, was found on October 1st in her home on Melrose Street, in south Belfast

Belfast mother-of-one Mary Ward had been in a "tumultuous relationship" with her former partner and died as a result of a "laceration to her neck" at her home, a court has heard

Ahmed Abdirahman, 31, who replied "not guilty" when charged, appeared before Judge William Aylmer at Dublin District Court.