NCR

• Verdict expected Wednesday in Toronto van attack trial

  A judge is expected to deliver her verdict today in the case of a man who deliberately drove a van down a crowded Toronto sidewalk killing 10 people and injuring 16 others.

  Crime

  Mar 3
• Blake Schreiner trial testimony pushed back to March, arguments in April

  Blake Schreiner’s lawyer sought testimony from one more witness before closing arguments in the January 2019 killing of Tammy Brown.

  Crime

  Feb 4
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• Blake Schreiner trial nears completion on anniversary of Tammy Brown’s death

  After nearly 11 delay-filled months, the first-degree murder trial of Blake Schreiner is nearing its end. Friday marked the two-year anniversary of Tammy Brown's death.

  Crime

  Jan 29
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• Psychiatrist’s report scrutinized at Blake Schreiner trial: ‘we had enough information’

  Blake Schreiner’s lawyer sought to highlight errors and omissions in a report examining criminal responsibility in Tammy Brown’s death.

  Crime

  Jan 28
• ‘Paranoia did not play a part’ in Blake Schreiner’s killing of Tammy Brown: psychiatrist

  Blake Schreiner admits to fatally stabbing Tammy Brown in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2019.

  Crime

  Jan 27
• Crown challenges forensic psychiatrist on Blake Schreiner’s mental disorder diagnosis

  Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Mansfield Mela diagnosed Blake Schreiner with schizotypal personality disorder.

  Crime

  Jan 26
• Blake Schreiner didn’t know killing Tammy Brown was wrong, forensic psychiatrist testifies

  Blake Schreiner had a mental disorder at the time he stabbed Tammy Brown 80 times, according to a forensic psychiatrist testifying at his first-degree murder trial.

  Crime

  Jan 25
• Court hears final arguments over criminal responsibility of Abbotsford school killer

  On Wednesday, a lawyer for Gabriel Klein said his client didn't have the capacity to understand what he did was wrong because of a mental disorder.

  Jan 14
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• Alek Minassian set aside thoughts of victims like sexual predator, psychiatrist tells trial

  Dr. Scott Woodside says Alek Minassian was able to push out thoughts of his victims like a sexual predator pushing out the harms he would cause to a child.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2020
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• 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.

  Crime

  Dec 9, 2020