Dr. Adedayo Alabi

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review and a restriction of liberty hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for abduction and other offences.

The accused had repeatedly breached hospital rules, relapsed into substance abuse, and evaded apprehension after being discharged from a residential treatment program.

The hospital sought to continue the detention order and requested a transfer to the Brockville Mental Health Centre due to the accused's allegations of assault by a co-patient.

The Board maintained the detention order, found the restriction of liberty necessary and appropriate, but denied the transfer request, concluding that a treatment impasse had not been established and the accused still had a working connection with her current treatment team.

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

The accused, diagnosed with schizophrenia and cannabis use disorder, had been living in the community on a conditional discharge.

The hospital and parties recommended continuing the conditional discharge with reduced reporting and the removal of the urine drug screen (UDS) requirement.

The Board found the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety due to ongoing ambivalence toward medication and lack of insight into the risks of cannabis use.

The Board ordered a continued conditional discharge, reducing reporting frequency to monthly but maintaining the random UDS testing requirement to monitor abstinence.

The accused was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for criminal harassment and disturbing a place of worship.

At the disposition hearing, the accused sought an absolute discharge, noting a recent absolute discharge granted by the Quebec tribunal for similar offences.

The Ontario Review Board found that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety due to his schizoaffective disorder, limited insight into the need for multidisciplinary treatment, and the risk of medication non-compliance if discharged absolutely.

The Board ordered a conditional discharge as the least onerous and least restrictive disposition.

The accused was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for assault causing bodily harm after attacking a stranger in his apartment building while experiencing a psychotic episode due to medication non-compliance.

The Ontario Review Board held a disposition hearing to determine if the accused posed a significant threat to public safety.

Relying on expert psychiatric evidence, the Board found that the accused's treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia and substance use posed a significant risk of future violence.

The Board ordered a detention order, rather than a conditional discharge, to ensure the hospital could monitor the accused and intervene if he decompensated, while allowing for community living in approved accommodation.