Roxanne Karli Derouard

The Ontario Review Board held an annual hearing for a patient found not criminally responsible for aggravated assault due to schizophrenia.

The hospital and Crown sought to maintain the current Detention Order, primarily to manage an imminent change in the patient's supportive housing.

The patient's counsel requested a Conditional Discharge.

Finding the patient stable, compliant with treatment, and without recent incidents of aggression, the Board concluded that a Conditional Discharge naming both the current and prospective residences was the least onerous and least restrictive disposition that protected public safety.

The accused, who was previously found unfit to stand trial on charges including sexual assault of a minor, appeared before the Ontario Review Board for an initial disposition hearing.

The Board accepted uncontradicted psychiatric evidence that the accused remains unfit due to a major mental illness, likely schizophrenia, and requires active hospital treatment.

Given the severe risk to public safety and the lack of community supports, the Board ordered the accused detained at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, with a transfer to the North Bay Health Centre pending bed availability in Thunder Bay.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual hearing to review the fitness of the accused, who was previously found unfit to stand trial on charges including sexual interference and sexual assault.

The accused resides in the community on a conditional discharge.

The Board considered evidence from the treating psychiatrist and the hospital report, noting the accused's developmental delay and pedophilia diagnosis.

The Board concluded that the accused continues to be unfit to stand trial, remains a significant threat to public safety, and that the current disposition of a conditional discharge with privileges remains necessary and appropriate.

Floyd Paypompee, previously found not criminally responsible for uttering threats, appeared before the Ontario Review Board for his annual hearing.

The Hospital and Crown recommended maintaining his current Detention Order, while the accused sought a Conditional Discharge.

The Board heard evidence from his treating psychiatrist regarding his continued cannabis use, non-compliance with residence rules, and the resulting risk to his housing.

The Board concluded that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to the public and that maintaining the current disposition best balances public protection and the accused's needs.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review for an accused previously found unfit to stand trial on charges including murder.

The accused has diagnoses of schizophrenia and mild intellectual disability.

The treating physician testified that the accused remains unfit and struggles with fitness education.

The Board found the accused remains unfit to stand trial and ordered the continuation of the Detention Order at the hospital.

The Board also directed a pre-hearing conference in six months to review the accused's progress with alternative fitness programming.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the disposition for an accused found not criminally responsible for multiple firearms and assault offences.

The hospital, the Attorney General, and the accused jointly submitted that the accused remains a significant threat to public safety and that a detention order remains necessary and appropriate.

The Board accepted this joint submission and continued the detention order, while granting the accused's request to amend the disposition to permit potential travel passes to Red Lake, subject to the hospital's prior approval and investigation.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused, who was previously found not criminally responsible for assault.

The Board accepted expert evidence that the accused remains a significant threat to public safety due to schizophrenia and a substance use disorder.

The Board ordered the continuation of a Detention Disposition as the least onerous and least restrictive option, but granted the accused's unopposed motion to transfer to St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton to assist with his rehabilitation.

The Ontario Review Board held a mandatory review hearing for an accused previously found not criminally responsible for mischief and animal cruelty.

The accused, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had been living in the community under a conditional discharge.

The hospital treatment team and all parties jointly recommended an absolute discharge, noting the accused's sustained stability, abstinence from substances, improved insight, and strong family support.

Applying the framework from Winko, the Board found the accused no longer posed a significant threat to public safety and granted an absolute discharge.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an initial disposition hearing for an accused found unfit to stand trial on charges including sexual assault, theft, and break and enter.

Based on the hospital reports and the testimony of the hospital's representative, the Board concluded that the accused remains unfit to stand trial.

The Board ordered that the accused be subject to a Detention Order at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, with privileges up to community living in approved accommodation and a no-contact provision regarding the complainants.

The Ontario Review Board held a hearing to review the hospital's decision to restrict the liberty of an NCR patient for a period exceeding seven days.

The patient, who had been living in the community, was readmitted to the secure forensic unit after decompensating due to non-adherence to his antipsychotic medication.

The Board found that the restriction of liberty was warranted for public safety and was the least onerous and least restrictive measure in the circumstances.

The accused pleaded guilty to sexual assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code.

The Crown sought a reformatory sentence of two years less one day with ancillary orders.

The defence sought a conditional sentence of two years less one day.

The court imposed a conditional sentence of two years less one day, followed by 18 months probation, considering the accused's significant Gladue factors, intellectual and mental health challenges, youth, lack of criminal record, and participation in Mental Health Court, balanced against the seriousness of the offence and the vulnerability of the Indigenous victim.

The Ontario Review Board held a hearing to review the disposition and fitness to stand trial of a youth accused of various offences including assault and weapons possession.

The youth, diagnosed with schizophrenia and mild intellectual disability, had been previously found unfit.

The Board found that the youth remains unfit to stand trial, as his cognitive processing and executive functioning remain impaired despite improvements from medication.

The Board ordered a Detention Order at the youth centre with privileges including community living in approved accommodation and seven-day accompanied travel passes, and directed the preparation of a Gladue Report.

The Ontario Review Board held an initial disposition hearing for the accused, who had been found unfit to stand trial on multiple charges including aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.

Based on psychiatric evidence indicating cognitive difficulties and a history of seizures, the Board found the accused remains unfit to stand trial.

The Board ordered a detention order at the hospital with specified privileges, including the ability to live in an approved community residence, in accordance with a joint recommendation.

The accused was found not criminally responsible for arson causing damage to property and was remitted to the Ontario Review Board for an initial disposition hearing.

The Board found that the accused, who has schizophrenia and a history of substance use, continues to pose a significant threat to public safety due to his lack of insight and risk of psychotic decompensation.

The Board ordered a Detention Disposition with discretionary privileges allowing the accused to live in the community with his parents, subject to conditions including a prohibition on possessing explosive or incendiary substances, but declined to impose a driving prohibition.

The Ontario Review Board held an initial disposition hearing for the accused, who was found unfit to stand trial on charges including aggravated assault and break and enter.

The Board accepted the joint recommendation of the parties and the medical evidence that the accused remains unfit to stand trial due to a mild intellectual disability.

A detention order was issued, directing the accused to be detained at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, with temporary detention at the North Bay hospital pending bed availability.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused's disposition.

The accused, who was found not criminally responsible for attempted murder and possession of stolen property, sought an absolute discharge.

The hospital and the Attorney General recommended continuing the conditional discharge.

Relying on the treating psychiatrist's evidence that the accused lacks insight, is externally motivated to take medication, and would likely relapse into alcohol abuse and destabilize if discharged absolutely, the Board found the accused remains a significant threat to public safety.

The conditional discharge was continued, and an early review within six months was ordered to allow for a fulsome risk assessment.

The Ontario Review Board held an annual review hearing for an accused found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder for uttering threats.

The accused suffers from treatment refractory paranoid schizophrenia and continues to use cannabis daily.

The Board accepted the uncontroverted psychiatric evidence that the accused continues to pose a significant threat to public safety, as he would likely become non-compliant with medication and decompensate without the structure of a detention disposition.

The Board ordered the continuation of the detention disposition, finding it necessary and appropriate to manage the risk while supporting the accused's ongoing community reintegration.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused, who was previously found unfit to stand trial on charges including sexual interference and sexual assault.

The hospital, Crown, and defence jointly submitted that the accused remains unfit, is likely permanently unfit, and continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.

The Board accepted the uncontroverted psychiatric evidence and ordered that the accused remain subject to a Conditional Discharge with the existing terms, declining to recommend a stay of proceedings.

The Ontario Review Board conducted an annual review of the accused's conditional discharge.

The accused had previously been found unfit to stand trial on charges including criminal harassment and public mischief.

The hospital and all parties recommended a continuation of the conditional discharge, as the accused's severe anxiety prevented a meaningful fitness assessment, though he could not be deemed permanently unfit.

The Board accepted the evidence, found the accused remains unfit to stand trial, and ordered the continuation of the conditional discharge.

The accused, previously found not criminally responsible for aggravated assault, appeared before the Ontario Review Board for an annual review of his detention disposition.

The hospital and Crown recommended continuing the detention disposition with increased travel passes, while the accused sought a conditional discharge.

The Board accepted the hospital's uncontroverted psychiatric evidence that the accused remains a significant threat to public safety due to his schizophrenia, history of violence, and risk of decompensation if unsupervised.

The Board ordered a continuation of the detention disposition with added conditions prohibiting cannabis use.