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Accused found unfit to stand trial due to intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder; detention order issued.
The accused was found unfit to stand trial on charges including harassing communications and mischief, stemming from hundreds of unwarranted calls to emergency services.
The Ontario Review Board held an initial disposition hearing.
Based on psychiatric evidence that the accused suffers from schizoaffective disorder and intellectual disability, and continues to experience delusions and exhibit aggressive behaviour, the Board concluded she remains unfit to stand trial.
A detention order was issued to keep the public safe while managing her mental condition, with provisions for controlled community access if her condition improves.
NCR detention order renewed as accused with schizophrenia remains a significant threat to public safety.
The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused's disposition.
The accused, who was previously found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder for various offences including assault, suffers from treatment-resistant schizophrenia and substance use disorder.
The Board heard evidence from the treating psychiatrist that while the accused has made remarkable progress in managing command hallucinations and improving nutritional intake, he continues to require intensive supervision.
Adopting a joint submission from all parties, the Board concluded the accused remains a significant threat to public safety and renewed his detention order at the hospital on the same terms and conditions.
Accused found unfit to stand trial due to ongoing psychosis; detention disposition ordered.
The Ontario Review Board held a hearing to determine whether the accused, who had previously been found unfit to stand trial on charges including assault with a weapon, remained unfit.
Based on the psychiatric evidence of ongoing psychotic symptoms and delusional ideation, the Board found the accused remained unfit to stand trial, though not permanently so.
The Board ordered a Detention Disposition at the hospital, finding it to be the least onerous and restrictive disposition necessary to manage the accused's risk to public safety.
Review Board upholds detention disposition and confirms hospital's restriction of liberty for non-compliant NCR accused.
The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review and a restriction of liberty hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for assault.
The accused, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had his liberty restricted after failing to take his medication, requiring hospitalization to re-titrate his clozapine dosage.
The Board found that the accused continues to represent a significant threat to the safety of the public and ordered a continued Detention Disposition.
The Board also found that the hospital's restriction of the accused's liberty was warranted, necessary, and appropriate.
Accused remains a significant threat to public safety; transfer to CAMH ordered to address therapeutic impasse.
The accused, who was found not criminally responsible for assault, suffers from severe Schizoaffective Disorder and continues to experience psychotic symptoms, including command hallucinations.
She has a history of violence and non-compliance with treatment, and currently lacks insight into her illness.
The Board found that she continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.
Due to a therapeutic impasse at her current hospital, the Board ordered her transfer to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), maintaining her detention order pending the transfer.
No co-appearing lawyers found.
No judges found.