S. Kert

The Ontario Review Board held a mandatory hearing to review the disposition of the accused, who was previously found not criminally responsible for offences including possessing a weapon and uttering threats.

The accused sought a conditional discharge, while the Hospital and Crown recommended continuing his detention order with privileges.

The Board accepted the psychiatric evidence that the accused remains a significant threat to public safety due to his bipolar disorder, history of medication non-compliance, and risk of relapse.

The Board ordered that the accused continue to be detained at the hospital with privileges up to residing in approved community accommodation, finding this to be the least onerous and least restrictive disposition necessary to protect the public.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the disposition for an accused found not criminally responsible for aggravated assault due to schizoaffective disorder.

The accused continued to experience prominent symptoms of psychosis, including auditory hallucinations, but had made progress in engaging with therapeutic programming and agreed to electro-convulsive therapy.

The Board accepted the joint submission of the parties, finding that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety, and ordered that his detention at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health be maintained with the same privileges.

The Ontario Review Board held a mandatory annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for various offences including assault with a weapon.

The accused had a stable clinical year and was compliant with treatment, but remained overtly psychotic with paranoid and grandiose delusional beliefs.

The Board found that the accused remains a significant threat to public safety due to his brittle mental illness and risk of medication non-adherence.

The Board ordered the continuation of his detention disposition at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, with privileges to live in approved accommodation in the community.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for attempted arson and other offences.

The accused, who has a long history of schizophrenia and substance abuse, had a generally positive year living in a high-support community residence but continued to struggle with alcohol and cannabis use.

The Board found that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety due to his lack of insight, history of medication non-adherence, and risk of rapid psychotic deterioration without external supervision.

The Board ordered that the current detention disposition continue unchanged.

The Ontario Review Board held a mandatory annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for aggravated assault.

The accused, who has schizophrenia, had been living in the community under a conditional discharge and recently consented to a Community Treatment Order to manage her medication and substance use.

The Board accepted the joint position of the parties and the hospital that the accused's mental state had stabilized and she had not engaged in violence since the index offence.

The Board concluded that the accused no longer poses a significant threat to public safety under s. 672.5401 of the Criminal Code and ordered an absolute discharge.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for second-degree murder due to paranoid schizophrenia.

The accused had been living independently in the community on a conditional discharge.

While he had made significant progress, he experienced a recent period of decompensation requiring hospitalization and had a tendency to delay reporting declines in his mental status.

The Board accepted the joint position of the parties and the treating psychiatrist's evidence, concluding that the accused remains a significant threat to public safety.

The Board ordered the continuation of the conditional discharge on the existing terms.