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Calgary: Court Finds Man Not Criminally Responsible in 2014 Killings (Verdict, May 25, 2016)
On May 25, 2016, a Calgary judge found a man not criminally responsible for killing five people at a house party on April 15, 2014, The Guardian reported . The five people who died are the story. This entry records a legal and mental-health outcome. It is not a creature case.
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On May 25, 2016, a Calgary judge found a man not criminally responsible for killing five people at a house party on April 15, 2014, The Guardian reported. The five people who died are the story. This entry records a legal and mental-health outcome. It is not a creature case.
According to The Guardian, Justice Eric Macklin of the Court of Queen's Bench accepted findings from psychiatric experts that the man had a mental disorder that left him unable to appreciate or know that his actions were wrong. The paper says the defence and prosecution agreed he was ill at the time, and that the prosecutor said the experts concluded he was not feigning. The finding means he is held in a secure psychiatric facility pending assessment by the Alberta Review Board.
The "werewolf" reference comes only from the defence. The Guardian says his lawyer told the court in closing that his client believed he was defending himself from werewolves and vampires. The Washington Post's May 23 trial report carried the same defence account in its headline.
No creature is claimed, and neither the victims nor the man are named here.
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