The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the disposition for Rick Duc Lao, who was previously found not criminally responsible for criminal harassment.
Mr. Lao suffers from treatment-resistant schizophrenia and a substance use disorder.
The Board accepted the uncontroverted expert evidence that Mr. Lao lacks insight into his condition, continues to use substances that exacerbate his psychosis, and poses a moderate to high risk of violence.
The Board concluded that Mr. Lao remains a significant threat to public safety and ordered the continuation of his detention order at the forensic hospital.
