B. Bromberg

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review for an accused found not criminally responsible for aggravated assault.

The accused had maintained stability in the community, secured full-time employment, and adhered to his medication regimen.

However, the Board found that his stability was highly contingent on ongoing forensic and clinical supports, and he continued to struggle with limited insight, financial instability, and psychosocial stressors, including a recent deportation order.

The Board concluded that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety and ordered the continuation of his conditional discharge.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused, who was previously found not criminally responsible for second-degree murder due to a substance-induced psychotic episode.

The Board considered expert evidence indicating the accused had recently relapsed into substance use, though without psychotic symptoms.

Applying the factors under s. 672.54 of the Criminal Code, the Board concluded the accused remains a significant threat to public safety.

The Board ordered the continuation of the detention order with an added condition permitting attendance at an approved residential treatment program.

The accused was found unfit to stand trial on charges of an indecent act and failing to comply with probation.

The Ontario Review Board held an initial disposition hearing.

Based on the evidence of the attending psychiatrist, the Board found that the accused lacks a reality-based understanding of the court process due to schizoaffective disorder and remains unfit to stand trial.

The Board ordered a Detention Order with gradual privileges, finding it to be the least onerous and restrictive disposition necessary to protect the public while providing treatment.

The Ontario Review Board held a mandatory hearing to review the disposition of an accused found not criminally responsible for second-degree murder and other offences.

The accused's index offences were driven by a psychotic episode caused by undiagnosed multiple sclerosis.

The majority of the Board found that the accused's multiple sclerosis is now well-managed with medication, and the risk of a future psychotic episode is low.

Concluding that the accused no longer poses a significant threat to public safety, the Board granted an absolute discharge.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review for an accused previously found not criminally responsible for aggravated assault.

The treatment team and all parties jointly submitted that while the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety due to schizophrenia and substance use disorders, his risk could now be managed in the community.

The Board accepted the joint submission, noting the accused's progress, medication adherence, and successful transition to supported housing, and granted a Conditional Discharge subject to conditions including abstaining from intoxicants and residing in supported accommodation.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for break and enter and aggravated assault.

The accused, diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder with Psychotic Features, had remained generally stable in the community but exhibited a lack of motivation and disengaged from therapeutic counselling.

The Board found that the accused remains a significant threat to the safety of the public and ordered the continuation of his conditional discharge, with modifications to remove the treatment clause and reduce reporting frequency to monthly.

The 18-year-old accused pled guilty to manslaughter after fatally stabbing a 14-year-old boy once in the chest during an altercation.

The accused, an Aboriginal offender with a tragic background of abuse and neglect, introduced a knife into a fist-fight after being provoked by a group of youths.

The court applied Gladue principles and weighed the aggravating factors of the victim's youth and the use of a weapon against the mitigating factors of the accused's background, guilty plea, and remorse.

The court sentenced the accused to 6 years in a penitentiary, less 20 months of pre-sentence custody credit.