Alexander Westphal

• Alek Minassian wanted to kill 100 people, but ‘satisfied’ with 10 deaths, court hears

  Dr. Percy Wright says Alek Minassian told him more than a year after the 2018 attack that he was satisfied with his "kill count" but had wanted to take more lives.

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  Dec 9, 2020
  
• Alek Minassian understands others’ thoughts and feelings, psychologist testifies

  Dr. Percy Wright has painted a starkly different picture of Alek Minassian than an American psychiatrist who testified for the defence.

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  Dec 8, 2020
  
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• Alek Minassian would tell his victims he was lonely and angry at society, court told

  "I'd probably say I was feeling very isolated and bitter at society and I decided to take out my anger on random people."

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  Dec 7, 2020
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• Alek Minassian said he is 99 per cent irredeemable after turning to the bible, court hears

  "I think it would be considered probably extremely irredeemable, like 99 per cent chance irredeemable."

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  Dec 3, 2020
• Psychiatrist stops short of saying Toronto van attack killer is not criminally responsible, court hears

  Dr. Alexander Westphal is testifying for the defence at the trial of Alek Minassian and says the 28-year-old views people as objects and does not understand that what he did was wrong.

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  Dec 2, 2020
• ‘As abstract as killing people in a video game,’ doctor says of Alek Minassian’s mind

  A psychiatrist says the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack two years ago feels no emotion over what he did.

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  Dec 1, 2020
• Alek Minassian was never aggressive to others before Toronto van attack, court hears

  A psychiatrist says the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack has never shown aggression towards others, just himself.

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  Nov 30, 2020