Dr. Igoumenou

The Ontario Review Board held a mandatory annual review hearing for the accused, who was previously found unfit to stand trial on charges of criminal harassment and assaulting a peace officer.

Based on the uncontradicted psychiatric evidence and a joint submission from the parties, the Board found that the accused remains unfit to stand trial due to significant and likely permanent cognitive impairment.

The Board also concluded that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.

The existing detention order at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health was continued without amendment.

The Ontario Review Board held a Restriction of Liberty hearing after the accused, who had been living in the community, was readmitted to the hospital.

The hospital presented evidence that the accused had become increasingly unreliable in attending appointments and had tested positive for substances, leading to a deterioration in his mental status.

The Board accepted the medical evidence that the accused was not yet ready to return to the community.

The Board found that the return to hospital was warranted and that his ongoing detention in the hospital was the least onerous and least restrictive decision available.

The Ontario Review Board held a hearing to review two restrictions of liberty imposed on the accused by the hospital: placement in locked seclusion and transfer to a Secure Forensic Unit.

The restrictions followed a code white incident where the accused became agitated, threatening, and refused medication.

The Board found that both the initial placement in seclusion and the transfer to the Secure Forensic Unit were warranted.

The Board accepted the hospital's evidence that the accused's ongoing detention in the Secure Forensic Unit remains the least onerous and least restrictive decision consistent with public safety.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused's conditional discharge.

The accused had been found not criminally responsible for robbery in 2008 and suffers from schizophrenia and substance use disorders.

All parties agreed that the accused remains a significant threat to public safety and that the conditional discharge should continue.

The Board accepted the evidence of the treating psychiatrist that the accused requires ongoing supervision and support due to fluctuating insight and a recent reduction in medication.

The Board ordered the continuation of the conditional discharge.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused's disposition following a finding of not criminally responsible for assault and uttering threats.

The accused, diagnosed with schizophrenia and substance use disorder, sought a conditional discharge.

The hospital and Attorney General recommended maintaining the current detention order with discretionary privileges.

The Board accepted the uncontroverted psychiatric evidence that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety due to ongoing substance use and fluctuating insight, and that a detention order remains necessary to manage his risks in the community.

The accused, previously found not criminally responsible for criminal harassment and failing to comply with court orders, was subject to a mandatory annual review by the Ontario Review Board.

The accused suffers from schizoaffective disorder and experiences erotomanic delusions, leading to stalking behaviours.

The Board found that the accused continues to represent a significant threat to the safety of the public due to her treatment-resistant psychotic illness and risk of decompensation without strict supervision.

The Board ordered a continuation of the current detention order at the hospital, concluding that a less restrictive disposition or reliance on the Mental Health Act would be inadequate to manage the risk.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the disposition for an accused found not criminally responsible for weapons and assault offences due to schizophrenia.

Based on the uncontroverted expert evidence of the treating psychiatrist and the joint submission of the parties, the Board concluded that the accused continues to represent a significant threat to public safety.

The Board ordered the continuation of the existing Detention Order at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for the accused, who was previously found unfit to stand trial on charges of harassment and assaulting a peace officer.

Based on the uncontested psychiatric evidence, the Board found that the accused remains unfit to stand trial due to irreversible cognitive impairment caused by temporal lobe epilepsy.

The Board ordered no change to his current Disposition, which detains him at the hospital with privileges to live in approved 24-hour supervised accommodation in the community.