MONTREAL — Quebec’s Crown Prosecutor’s Office (DPCP) confirmed Monday it will not appeal the decision to allow Guy Turcotte to remain free on bail.
In December, Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled that the former cardiologist will remain free on bail pending his second trial for the murder of his two children in February 2009.
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Last year, the province’s director of criminal and penal prosecutions had filed a motion with Quebec’s highest court, asking it to review the bail decision.
However, the Court of Appeal upheld the original ruling, saying that it believed Turcotte presented no risk to society, to himself or to his former wife, Isabelle Gaston.
The Crown Prosecutor’s Office could have fought the decision by appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Turcotte must abide by numerous bail conditions, such as living at the home of his uncle in Brossard, observing a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, continuing psychiatric treatment and therapy, and meeting scheduled appointments at the Philippe Pinel Institute in Montreal.
The accused had confessed to his crimes during the first trial in 2011, but was found not criminally responsibleon account of a mental disorder.
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Turcotte is facing charges relating to the stabbing deaths of Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3, at a family home north of Montreal in early 2009.
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