Dr. Gary A. Chaimowitz

The Ontario Review Board held a hearing to review the disposition of the accused, who was previously found not criminally responsible for sexual assault.

The accused is currently incarcerated awaiting trial on numerous new violent offences.

Based on psychiatric evidence indicating severe antisocial personality disorder, substance abuse, and a high risk of reoffending, the Board found the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.

The Board ordered his continued detention at the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, concluding it is the least onerous and least restrictive disposition available to manage his risk.

The accused was found not criminally responsible for dangerous operation causing death after driving through a stop sign at high speed and striking a motorcyclist.

At her initial Ontario Review Board disposition hearing, the panel found she poses a significant threat to public safety due to her Schizoaffective Disorder, history of medication nonadherence, and risk of psychotic relapse.

The Board ordered her detained at the Forensic Psychiatry Program with community living privileges, subject to strict conditions including substance abstinence and a driving prohibition.

The offender, a former teacher and foster parent, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a young person under section 153 of the Criminal Code.

The offence involved sexual contact with a foster child over a period of years beginning when the victim was 16 years old.

The offender was cooperative with police, confessed immediately upon contact, and demonstrated remorse.

The court imposed a 90-day intermittent jail sentence followed by a 3-year probation order with strict conditions, balancing the serious breach of trust and vulnerability of the victim against mitigating factors including the offender's guilty plea, cooperation, low risk of reoffending, and psychological profile.

The offender pleaded guilty to three counts arising from a home invasion: break and enter with intent to commit robbery, forcible confinement of an 86-year-old victim, and assault of a police officer resisting arrest.

The offender also acknowledged four additional counts.

The victim was confined for 4-5 hours, threatened with a knife held to her throat, physically assaulted, and suffered lasting psychological trauma.

The offender had a history of mental health issues, substance abuse, and prior criminal convictions.

A forensic psychiatric assessment found the offender to be at high risk to re-offend.

The court imposed an 8-year penitentiary sentence on top of 9 months pre-trial custody, with concurrent sentences on the other counts.

A lifetime weapons prohibition and DNA order were imposed.