Dr. A. Adiele

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for resisting arrest.

The hospital and the Attorney General sought a renewal of the detention disposition with an amendment to allow community living in Southeastern Ontario.

The majority of the Board found that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety due to persistent delusions, risk of decompensation without medication oversight, and entrenched racist and homophobic beliefs.

The Board ordered a continued detention disposition with the recommended amendment to facilitate a 24/7 supervised community placement.

A dissenting minority would have granted an absolute discharge, finding insufficient current evidence of a significant threat.

The accused was found not criminally responsible for several offences, including assaulting peace officers, and was granted a conditional discharge by the court.

At the initial Review Board hearing, the Hospital and the Attorney General sought to continue the conditional discharge, while the accused sought an absolute discharge.

The Review Board found that the accused remained a significant threat to public safety due to a history of medication non-compliance and cannabis use leading to psychotic relapses.

The Board ordered the continuation of the conditional discharge, maintaining the requirement for urine screening but removing unnecessary weapons and no-contact prohibitions.

The Ontario Review Board held an initial hearing to determine the fitness and disposition of an accused charged with multiple offences, including possession of a weapon and assault.

The accused, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had previously been found unfit to stand trial.

Relying on expert psychiatric evidence, the Board concluded that the accused remains unfit to stand trial as his symptoms continue to impair his cognitive processes and ability to participate in court proceedings.

Given the accused's high risk to public safety and recent violent behaviour, the Board ordered a Detention Disposition with community living privileges to ensure continued treatment and external control.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for assault and uttering threats.

The accused refused to attend the hearing and declined to participate in therapeutic programming, expressing a desire to remain in the hospital indefinitely.

Relying on the uncontroverted expert evidence of the attending psychiatrist, the Board found that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety and has become institutionalized.

Finding a treatment impasse, the Board ordered an independent assessment under s. 672.121 of the Criminal Code and continued the existing Detention Order.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for criminal harassment and failure to comply with a release order.

The accused, diagnosed with Delusional Disorder and Cannabis Use Disorder, continued to refuse psychotropic medication and lacked insight into his mental illness.

The Board accepted the uncontroverted psychiatric evidence that the accused remained a significant threat to public safety.

The Board ordered a continuation of the Detention Disposition, finding it necessary and appropriate to manage the risk while meeting the accused's needs.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused previously found not criminally responsible for assault and related offences.

The accused, diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and substance use disorders, had made significant progress by transitioning to independent living.

However, he continued to experience persistent paranoid delusions.

Accepting the joint submission of the parties and the evidence of the attending psychiatrist, the Board found that the accused continues to represent a significant threat to the safety of the public.

The Board ordered that the accused's conditional discharge be continued without amendment to provide necessary risk management and monitoring.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for sexual assault and committing an indecent act.

The accused requested a transfer to a hospital closer to his family but later withdrew the request.

Relying on uncontroverted expert psychiatric evidence, the Board found the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety due to his mental illness, substance use vulnerability, and history of violence.

The Board ordered the continuation of the existing Detention Disposition with the addition of seven-day passes to facilitate family visits, finding this to be the least restrictive and least onerous disposition.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused, who was previously found not criminally responsible for offences including assault with a weapon and uttering threats.

The accused is currently diagnosed with Delusional Disorder and a Neurodevelopmental Disorder.

The Board accepted expert psychiatric evidence that the accused continues to lack insight, remains emotionally volatile, and recently assaulted a co-patient with scalding water.

The Board concluded the accused poses a significant threat to public safety and ordered a continued detention disposition at the hospital.

The Board also noted concern that the hospital placed the accused in locked seclusion for over seven days without providing the requisite restriction of liberty notice.