SA Supreme Court told further psychological reports needed before Christopher Mieglich is sentenced Christopher Mieglich is led, from custody, into the Adelaide Magistrates Court. He has admitted murdering his father, SA dairy farmer Graham Mieglich, and shooting his neighbour. SA murder victim Graham Mieglich. Source: Supplied by the Mieglich family. EXPERTS will again be asked to assess the mental health of a young man who murdered his father and shot his neighbour before his case progresses. Christopher Robert Mieglich, 20, of Lenswood, made his first appearance in the Supreme Court this morning. Last month, in the Adelaide Magistrates Court, he pleaded guilty to murdering his father, Graham, and attempting to kill his neighbour Stephen Collins . Mr Collins, a retired soldier, was shot at his Gumeracha home in May last year . Police subsequently said a bloodied Mr Collins staggered to his wife, who was asleep in a bedroom at the time of the incident. Mr Collins had surgery to remove shotgun pellets, lodged behind his eye, after the shooting. A month later, the body of Graham Mieglich was found on the family's Charleston dairy farm by his brother and business partner, John. Following Christopher Mieglich's arrest, The Advertiser revealed he had suffered horrific head injuries in a car crash when he was six. He was scalped in the same 1999 crash that killed his mother, Louise, and older sister Melissa. Five roadside markers - two black and three red - still mark the scene of the crash, less than 1km from the Mieglich family's dairy farm. In September this year, Mieglich filed a District Court lawsuit seeking compensation for his injuries and blaming his late mother for the incident . Mieglich's criminal case was repeatedly delayed while his counsel sought to have his mental health assessed. Last month, they said they would not pursue a mental health impairment defence and Mieglich entered guilty pleas. Michael Woods, for Mieglich, today apologised to the court and the family, saying another long adjournment was required. "I don't wish to be obtuse about it, but I'm hoping the case can go off until February," he said. I have to get two totally fresh psychological reports. I don't want to commit that I will be ready to make submissions on the next occasion - I say that for the family's sake - because it will depend on what's in the reports. Justice Michael David said he would continue to oversee the case, and remanded Mieglich in custody until February.