Judge: Psychiatrist fooled mental health experts

Published November 1, 2012 7:31pm ET



REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A once-prominent Northern California child psychiatrist is set to be retried on charges that he molested patients after a judge sided with prosecutors who argued that he fooled mental health experts into believing he had dementia to avoid prosecution.

San Mateo County Superior Court Judge John Grandsaert set a March 2013 trial date for William Ayres, 80, on Wednesday.

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