Emile Kruzick

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for assault with a weapon and assaulting a peace officer.

The accused, diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and substance use disorder, had made significant progress in a transitional facility.

However, based on uncontroverted psychiatric evidence, the Board found the accused remained a significant threat to public safety due to the risk of decompensation.

The Board ordered the continuation of the current detention disposition on a joint submission from all parties.

The accused, previously found not criminally responsible for various offences including failure to comply with probation, was subject to an annual review of her disposition.

The Ontario Review Board considered evidence from her attending psychiatrist indicating she continues to suffer from schizoaffective disorder and substance use disorders, posing a risk of violent recidivism.

The Board found that the accused remains a significant threat to public safety and ordered the continuation of her detention at the forensic hospital.

The Ontario Review Board conducted a mandatory annual review of the accused's disposition following a finding of not criminally responsible for assault with a weapon and other offences.

The hospital and the accused's counsel jointly recommended an absolute discharge, supported by expert psychiatric evidence that the accused was fully compliant with treatment, abstinent from alcohol, and no longer posed a significant threat to public safety.

Applying the Supreme Court's framework in Winko, the Board accepted the unanimous clinical recommendation and granted the accused an absolute discharge.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused, who was previously found unfit to stand trial on various sexual assault and related charges.

The Board accepted the treating psychiatrist's evidence that the accused remains permanently unfit to stand trial due to a moderate intellectual disability and pedophilic disorder.

The Board also found that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.

The detention order was continued without any provision for indirectly supervised community passes.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for the accused, who was previously found not criminally responsible for prowling by night, being unlawfully in a dwelling house, and breaking and entering.

The accused has diagnoses of schizoaffective disorder and substance use disorders.

The Board accepted the expert psychiatric evidence that the accused continues to lack insight into his mental illness, continues to use illicit substances, and poses a significant threat to public safety.

The Board ordered a continuation of the detention order with the same terms and conditions, finding it to be the least onerous and least restrictive disposition necessary to protect the public.