A forensic psychiatrist who interviewed alleged Quebec election night shooter Richard Henry Bain says the cocktail of anti-depressant medication he was taking made him a ticking time bomb.
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Marie-Frédérique Allard told the jury Friday the three drugs Bain was allegedly taking in 2012 probably induced him into a state of hypomania.
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Bain has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and two arson-related charges in connection with a shooting on Sept. 4, 2012, the night the Parti Québécois won the provincial election.
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The Crown says the crime was premeditated and politically motivated, while the defence says Bain is not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
Allard, the defence’s expert witness, has told the court she believes Bain was psychotic the night of the shooting.
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She said Bain shouldn’t have been on anti-depressants without also taking mood-stabilizers, and regularly counsels her patients to never mix the medications he was allegedly taking – Trazodone, Effexor and Cymbalta.
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