The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible for assault and uttering threats.
The accused refused to attend the hearing and declined to participate in therapeutic programming, expressing a desire to remain in the hospital indefinitely.
Relying on the uncontroverted expert evidence of the attending psychiatrist, the Board found that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety and has become institutionalized.
Finding a treatment impasse, the Board ordered an independent assessment under s. 672.121 of the Criminal Code and continued the existing Detention Order.
