MONTREAL — Quebec’s Court of Appeal has ruled that Guy Turcotte will remain free on bail pending his second trial for the murder of his two children in February 2009.
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Turcotte was released on bail in September and his second first-degree murder trial is scheduled to take place in September 2015.
Superior Court Justice Andre Vincent said at the time that Turcotte did not represent a danger to society and was entitled to the presumption of innocence as he awaited new proceedings.
The province’s director of criminal and penal prosecutions then filed a motion with Quebec’s highest court, asking it to review the bail decision.
However, the Court of Appeal has upheld Vincent’s original ruling, saying that it believes Turcotte presents no risk to society, to himself or to his former wife, Isabelle Gaston.
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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 responsible on 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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