Update: Murderer on Greyhound Bus fit to stand trial
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Accused in Bus Killing Fit to Stand Trial
Source: CBC News
Posted: 10/07/08 8:01AM
A man accused of beheading a passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba was found fit to stand trial in a courtroom in Portage la Prairie, Man., on Monday.
Man Beheaded on Greyhound Bus
A man accused of beheading a passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba was found fit to stand trial in a courtroom in Portage la Prairie, Man., on Monday, Oct. 6. An interim psychiatric assessment was submitted to the provincial court on Vince Li, 40. "He is fit to stand trial," defence lawyer Gordon Bates said Monday outside court. "There is enough evidence to put him on trial for that charge."
An interim psychiatric assessment was submitted to the provincial court on Vince Li, 40.
"He is fit to stand trial," defence lawyer Gordon Bates said Monday outside court. "There is enough evidence to put him on trial for that charge."
The trial will now largely depend on whether experts think Li was criminally responsible for his actions, defence lawyer Alan Libman said.
"That's really the sole issue in this case," he said. "If someone commits an offence while suffering a disease of the mind and they don't know their actions are wrong, they can't be held criminally responsible."
Both the Crown and defence on the case asked the judge not to release the assessment publicly because doing so might jeopardize Li's right to a fair trial.
Graeme Roy, The Canadian Press / AP
The assessment includes information that could taint the jury pool, his lawyer said Monday after the court hearing.
"This should be litigated in court and not the court of public opinion," Libman said.
Crown attorney Joyce Dalmyn said Li's psychiatric evaluation is still ongoing and will not be released at this stage.
"To publish any report at this time certainly would be prejudicial," she said. "It's an incomplete report."
Li did not appear in court Monday. He remains in a Winnipeg hospital and is still undergoing psychiatric evaluation.
His lawyers said he is co-operating with them, and with doctors.
