Naden: Eight-year pursuit nears climax Malcolm Naden being led out of the Manning Base Hospital by NSW Police officers in Taree Source: The Australian THE eight-year pursuit of Malcolm Naden could soon reach its conclusion, with the fugitive set to enter pleas to the charges against him next week. The Supreme Court has this morning been told that in relation to the 39-year-old accused murderer "there was (a fitness issue) but there isn't now." His barrister, the senior public defender Mark Ierace SC, told the court some psychiatric reports had been prepared "for sentencing purposes." Naden was captured in bushland a year ago after seven years on the run and charged with the murders of his cousin Lateesha Nolan and another woman, Kristy Scholes. He is also facing a charge of aggravated indecent assault over an attack on a teenage girl, as well as shooting with intent to kill after allegedly firing at a police officer at Nowendoc in December 2011. He had been due to face a fitness hearing later this month after Mr Ierace had raised concerns about him proceeding to trial because of a "significant" mental health issue. A court has previously heard any plea Naden made "wouldn't be an informed one," but new psychiatric reports have been completed since that time. Justice Derek Price was told the "fitness issue" is n longer there, and Naden will be arraigned next week. Senior Crown Prosector Mark Tedeschi QC is acting for the DPP in the case. The entering of pleas will be made on March 22, exactly one year after his capture.