Dr. Artemis Igoumenou

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for three counts of aggravated assault.

The accused, diagnosed with schizophrenia and substance use disorders, had made significant progress over the reporting year, including maintaining employment, medication compliance, and abstinence from substances.

However, the clinical team recommended continued detention due to the risk of relapse and subsequent violence if left unsupervised.

The Board accepted the joint position of the parties, finding the accused remains a significant threat to public safety, and ordered his continued detention at the hospital with privileges up to living in approved community accommodation.

The Ontario Review Board held an early hearing requested by the Hospital due to the accused's impending eviction from community housing.

The accused, previously found not criminally responsible for various offences including assault with a weapon, has diagnoses of schizophrenia, substance use disorder, and anti-social personality disorder.

Despite mental stability and no recent violence, the accused repeatedly breached housing rules, risking homelessness.

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

The Board ordered detention at the Hospital on existing conditions, which include permission to live in approved community housing and an exception allowing cannabis use, while recommending intensive drug intervention and behavioural therapies.

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

The accused, diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, had made significant progress over the reporting year, maintaining stability in high-support community housing and complying with treatment.

The Board accepted the joint position of the parties and the evidence of the treating psychiatrist that the accused remained a significant threat to public safety but no longer required a detention order.

The Board ordered a conditional discharge with conditions including residence at the approved high-support housing.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review and a restriction of liberty hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for assault with a weapon.

The hospital had readmitted the accused from the community due to a decompensation in her mental state and an increase in delusional beliefs.

The Board found that the hospital's decision to restrict the accused's liberty was warranted, necessary, and the least onerous option.

Relying on expert psychiatric evidence, the Board concluded that the accused continued to pose a significant threat to public safety and ordered the continuation of her Detention Order, with the removal of a substance testing condition.