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Ontario man not criminally responsible for parents’ deaths, is of prior attack | Globalnews.ca

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Kyle Sequeira was unable to access the knowledge that what he was doing was morally wrong when he engaged in the frenzied 2021 killing of his parents.

He was suffering from untreated schizophrenia at the time of the attack.

But he was found guilty of an aggravated assault that occurred more than two years before he killed his parents, court heard.

A sentencing hearing will be scheduled next month .

The 29-year-old has been incarcerated at the Toronto East Detention Centre since his arrest in September 2021 .

The Crown indicated after the verdicts they will be seeking a high-risk offender designation for Sequeira .

Defence lawyer Marcus Bornfreund said was pleased with the court’s decision.