4 d. ago Laval daycare bus crash driver shouldn't be designated 'high risk accused': defence

Pierre Ny St-Amand was found not criminally responsible for the crash that killed two children, and his lawyer says the designation is an unfair punishment.

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5 d. ago Treatment team recommends more freedom for Calgary man who killed 5 at house party

Matthew de Grood's treatment team is recommending more freedom for the man found not criminally responsible for fatally stabbing five people at a Calgary house party in April 2014.

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2 w. ago MANDEL: Killer of random strangers knew it was wrong: psychiatrist

Forensic psychiatrist believes double killer doesn't satisfy the criteria to be found not criminally responsible.

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2 w. ago Psychiatrist testifies Toronto man who shot 2 strangers was psychotic but knew it was wrong

A forensic psychiatrist who assessed a Toronto man on trial for two counts of first-degree murder says he does not qualify for a defence of not criminally responsible.

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2 w. ago Man charged with killing Longueuil neighbour slipped through cracks in the system, court told

Judge is asked to decide if Guy Durocher, 69, should be found not criminally responsible for his actions when his neighbour Patrick Synnott was killed on Jan. 8.

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2 w. ago Longueuil man told police the day before he was killed by a neighbour: 'Are you waiting for a murder?'

A judge is asked to decide if Guy Durocher, 69, should be found not criminally responsible for the killing of neighbour Patrick Synnott in Longueuil.

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3 w. ago Teen arrested in connection with 4 stabbings in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Police found and arrested the teen suspect within hours of the incident. He has now been charged with four counts of aggravated assault and remains in custody.

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3 w. ago Man who stabbed 3 at Vancouver Chinatown festival found not criminally responsible

VANCOUVER — A man accused of aggravated assault in a stabbing attack on three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival has been found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Eric Gottardi says the court doesn’t convict people of crimes for being sick. The trial heard that Blair Donnelly had […]

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3 w. ago Man who stabbed three at Vancouver Chinatown festival found not criminally responsible

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Eric Gottardi says the court doesn't convict people of crimes for being sick.

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3 w. ago Man accused in Chinatown stabbing attack found not criminally responsible

Blair Donnelly has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and his lawyer argued that Donnelly's mental illness 'rendered him incapable of knowing if his actions were wrong.'

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3 w. ago MANDEL: Psychiatrist says killer of two Toronto strangers not criminally responsible

Gunman told psychiatrist he had to shoot two strangers or white supremacists would kill him and bomb his family in Jamaica and St. Lucia

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