New Brunswick man who killed elderly couple in 2005 to remain in custody

<p>MONCTON, N.B. – A New Brunswick man who killed his elderly neighbours six years ago has been ordered to remain in custody and under psychiatric care.</p> <p>New Brunswick’s Justice Department says a review board held a hearing in Moncton today to evaluate the psychiatric state of Gregory Despres and to determine if he presents a continued threat to the public.</p> <p>Despres killed Fred Fulton and Veronica Decarie in their Minto, N.B., home in April 2005.</p> <p>The 28-year-old was deemed not criminally responsible for his actions following his second trial.</p> <p>A judge ruled that Despres was suffering from delusions at the time of the offence stemming from paranoid schizophrenia.</p> <p>The board determines whether offenders deemed not criminally responsible should be held in custody for treatment, released into the community on conditions, or released without conditions.</p> <p>Despres will remain in custody in the acute psychiatric wing of the Shepody Healing Centre, a secure health-care facility at Dorchester Penitentiary.</p> <p>He will be reviewed again in 2013.</p>