Supreme Court will not hear appeal of Calgary man who killed five people
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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday it will not hear an appeal from Matthew de Grood to acquire more freedoms while under psychiatric care.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday it will not hear an appeal from Matthew de Grood to acquire more freedoms while under psychiatric care.
De Grood fatally stabbed five people at a Calgary house party in 2014 during a schizophrenic episode.
He was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for the deaths in 2016.
De Grood’s lawyer, Jacqueline Petrie, has been fighting to get him more freedoms while under psychiatric care.
The Review Board denied the request because he still poses a significant risk to public safety.
Petrie asked Alberta’s Court of Appeal to set aside a review board decision to not give him extra privileges, and substitute it with an absolute or conditional discharge.
The appeal was dismissed by Alberta’s top court citing no reviewable errors.
