K. Vakili

The Ontario Review Board held a mandatory annual review hearing for an accused previously found not criminally responsible for attempted murder due to schizophrenia.

The hospital, Crown, and defence jointly submitted that the accused no longer posed a significant threat to public safety.

The Board accepted the uncontested evidence of the treating psychiatrist that the accused had been stable, compliant with medication, abstinent from substances, and successfully integrated into the community with employment and housing.

Finding that the accused no longer posed a significant threat to the safety of the public, the Board ordered an absolute discharge.

The accused, previously found not criminally responsible for attempted murder, appeared before the Ontario Review Board for a mandatory annual review.

Diagnosed with schizophrenia, the accused had been stable in the community for 18 months, compliant with medication, and engaged in treatment.

The Board found that while the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety, the risk could be adequately managed with a conditional discharge.

The Board ordered a conditional discharge with terms including residence at a specific group home and abstaining from drugs and alcohol.