Accused in truck attack on London Ont. family suffered from multiple mental illnesses
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Nathaniel Veltman, 22, is on trial in a Windsor, Ont. court for the June 2021 truck attack on the Afzaal family. Thursday’s evidence focused on Veltman’s mental illnesses as defence witness Dr. Julian Gojer testified.
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Nathaniel Veltman, 22, is on trial in a Windsor, Ont. court for the June 2021 truck attack on the Afzaal family.
Grandmother Talat, her son Salman, his wife Madiha and their teenage daughter Yumnah all died after suffering multiple trauma injuries. Their nine-year-old son suffered serious but survivable injuries.
The family was struck by a pickup truck driven by Veltman while they waited to cross the intersection of Hyde Park Road and South Carriage Road in London.
Veltman has pleaded not guilty to four counts of terrorism-motivated first-degree murder and one count of terrorism-motivated attempted murder.
Thursday’s evidence focused on Veltman’s mental illnesses as defence witness Dr. Julian Gojer testified.
He interviewed Veltman on numerous occasions both in jail as well as during an in-patient visit to the Royal Ottawa Hospital.
