Dr. J. Watts

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused previously found unfit to stand trial on various assault and weapons charges.

The accused, who has diagnoses of schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, sought indirectly supervised access to the hospital and grounds.

The Board accepted the joint submission of the parties and the evidence of the attending psychiatrist that the accused remains unfit to stand trial and continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.

The Board ordered that the accused remain subject to a detention order at the hospital with no changes to his privileges, denying the request for indirectly supervised access due to his cognitive limitations and risk of aggressive behaviour.