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Pierre Ny St-Amand, the man who drove a bus into a Laval daycare in 2023, killing two young children and injuring six others, has been declared a high-risk accused.
The designation means that Ny St-Amand, who was declared not criminally responsible for the deaths, will remain in a psychiatric facility under strict constraints.
The defence had argued that declaring Ny St-Amand a high-risk accused would violate his Charter rights because the status assumes that he is irredeemable.
Judge Éric Downs ruled that the designation is constitutional.
Last April, Downs ruled that St-Amand was not criminally responsible for the daycare attack because he had likely been in psychosis.
More to come.
