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A look at notable ‘not criminally responsible’ cases in Canada | Globalnews.ca

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Pierre Ny St-Amand , 53 , was not criminally responsible for the 2023 bus attack on a Laval, Que ., daycare that killed two small children and injured six others.

He has been ordered detained in a psychiatric hospital.

The decision drew renewed attention in 2023 when Blair Donnelly was charged with aggravated assault after three people were stabbed at Vancouver Chinatown festival.

Despres, a naturalized U.S. citizen, had crossed into the United States after the killings despite guards finding him with a small arsenal including a chainsaw, a sword and brass knuckles. He told them he was an assassin on a military mission. Three psychiatrists diagnosed him with paranoid schizophrenia and he was found not criminally responsible. This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 29, 2025 ..

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