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For the third time, a man has been found not criminally responsible, this time for stabbing three people in Vancouver’s Chinatown during a festival. Kristen Robinson reports.

A judge found Michael Calvo was actively psychotic when he stabbed Ana Paula Kitterhing De Sousa in October 2023. Catherine McDonald reports.

As Catherine McDonald reports, the psychologist said Richard Edwin on trial for two counts of murder was not feigning the symptoms of his schizophrenia.

A Toronto musician who killed his own grandfather is found not criminally responsible. 

The man found not criminally responsible for the Laval daycare bus crash that killed two children in 2023 was back in court Monday. Pierre Ny St-Amand remains detained at Quebec’s psychiatric institute for prisoners. Quebec’s attorney general wants him declared a dangerous offender, but his defence lawyers argue that move is unconstitutional. Amanda Jelowicki reports.

A Montreal woman found not criminally responsible for abandoning her 3 year-old daughter on the side of an Ontario highway will remain detained for at least another 3 months. On Monday, a judge ruled the woman did not know right from wrong at the time of the crime due to mental illness. As Dan Spector...

The mother of a three-year-old Montreal girl who was found alive after being abandoned in a rural Ontario field has been declared not criminally responsible of the crime. Quebec court Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud has ruled that the 34-year-old woman cannot be held criminally responsible by way of mental disorder. Dan Spector reports.

A second forensic psychiatrist testified at the Richard Edwin double murder trial. Dr. Alina Iosif said Edwin was experiencing psychosis when he shot two people in April 2022, but does not qualify for a defence of not criminally responsible. Catherine McDonald reports.

The man who previously murdered his own daughter, and then a few years ago stabbed three people at a festival in Chinatown, has been found not criminally responsible again. Rain and wind are hitting parts of Vancouver Island, causing a landslide in an area near Port Hardy, and a restaurant has suffered major costs due...

As Catherine McDonald reports, Carmen Campbell took the stand at her son’s first-degree murder trial on Thursday and said she was “a little bit scared” of him because of the way he acted. Her son is seeking a Not Criminally Responsible (NCR) defence for killing two strangers.

At the opening day of Edwin’s First Degree murder trial, his lawyers say they will argue he’s not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Catherine McDonald reports.

A BC Supreme Court Judge will decide next month whether the accused Chinatown stabber is guilty of aggravated assault or not criminally responsible. Global News has obtained court exhibites showing Blair Donnelly before, during and after the Light Up Chinatown Festival when he was interrrogated by police detectives. Kristen Robinson reports,

A BC Supreme Court Justice will decide next month whether a man accused of stabbing three people at the Light Up Chinatown Festival is guilty, or not criminally responsible due to mental disorder. Blair Donnelly, who was on an unescorted day pass from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital at the time, has pleaded not guilty to...

A Montreal mother who was found not criminally responsible for abandoning her daughter in a field on the side of an Ontario highway in June has been ordered by a judge to remain in a psychiatric hospital for at least 90 more days. Dan Spector reports on what’s being shared about the woman’s mental state...

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A man accused of purposely running over a homeless woman in May knew what he was doing at the time, according to a psychiatric evaluation. Luigi Fragomele is facing a number of charges related to the incident that left the woman with a broken leg. As Dan Spector reports, prosecutors now say he cannot seek...

Court of King’s Bench judge Grant Currie has found Thomas Hamp, who fatally stabbed his girlfriend in 2022, not criminally responsible for his actions.

WATCH: The family of a woman who was killed in 2022 is speaking out after a judge ruled the man accused was not criminally responsible for his actions. Gates Guarin has more from the family with the trial now concluded.

Peel Regional Police say key members of an Ontario-based criminal organization allegedly responsible for several extortion incidents and staged car accidents are facing charges.

Peel police have released the details of project outsource, taking down a criminal enterprise responsible for the rise in extortion and violent tow truck related incidents in Peel region. Jaden Lee-Lincoln has the details.