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Toronto Star
09-05-2025
- Toronto Star
Hearing in September on whether Quebec daycare crash accused is high-risk offender
LAVAL - A court hearing will take place in September into whether a man who killed two children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare should be declared a high-risk offender. Superior Court Justice Éric Downs today set aside one week beginning Sept. 15 to hear arguments from prosecutors and the defence team for Pierre Ny St-Amand.
Global News
01-05-2025
- Global News
Trial of accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash to hear victim impact statements
Families affected by a deadly bus crash at a Montreal-area daycare in 2023 are scheduled to read victim impact statements today in court. Earlier in the week a Quebec Superior Court judge accepted a joint recommendation from the Crown and defence that Pierre Ny St-Amand is not criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others. During his trial, doctors said the 53-year-old former city bus driver was experiencing psychosis and didn't know right from wrong when he drove a bus into the daycare on Feb. 8, 2023. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy He killed four-year-old Jacob Gauthier and a five-year-old girl named Maëva, whose family name is covered by a publication ban at the request of her parents. The Crown has said as many as 10 people will deliver statements during what is expected to be an emotional day. Story continues below advertisement Prosecutors have said they plan to have Ny St-Amand declared a high-risk offender, a designation that would impose stricter rules on him and require any decision taken by the provincial mental health tribunal to be confirmed by the Superior Court.
Winnipeg Free Press
01-05-2025
- Winnipeg Free Press
Victim impact statements today in trial of accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash
LAVAL – Families affected by a deadly bus crash at a Montreal-area daycare in 2023 are scheduled to read victim impact statements today in court. Earlier in the week a Quebec Superior Court judge accepted a joint recommendation from the Crown and defence that Pierre Ny St-Amand is not criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others. During his trial, doctors said the 53-year-old former city bus driver was experiencing psychosis and didn't know right from wrong when he drove a bus into the daycare on Feb. 8, 2023. He killed four-year-old Jacob Gauthier and a five-year-old girl named Maëva, whose family name is covered by a publication ban at the request of her parents. The Crown has said as many as 10 people will deliver statements during what is expected to be an emotional day. During Elections Get campaign news, insight, analysis and commentary delivered to your inbox during Canada's 2025 election. Prosecutors have said they plan to have Ny St-Amand declared a high-risk offender, a designation that would impose stricter rules on him and require any decision taken by the provincial mental health tribunal to be confirmed by the Superior Court. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 1, 2025.
Hamilton Spectator
01-05-2025
- Hamilton Spectator
Victim impact statements today in trial of accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash
LAVAL - Families affected by a deadly bus crash at a Montreal-area daycare in 2023 are scheduled to read victim impact statements today in court. Earlier in the week a Quebec Superior Court judge accepted a joint recommendation from the Crown and defence that Pierre Ny St-Amand is not criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others. During his trial, doctors said the 53-year-old former city bus driver was experiencing psychosis and didn't know right from wrong when he drove a bus into the daycare on Feb. 8, 2023. He killed four-year-old Jacob Gauthier and a five-year-old girl named Maëva, whose family name is covered by a publication ban at the request of her parents. The Crown has said as many as 10 people will deliver statements during what is expected to be an emotional day. Prosecutors have said they plan to have Ny St-Amand declared a high-risk offender, a designation that would impose stricter rules on him and require any decision taken by the provincial mental health tribunal to be confirmed by the Superior Court. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 1, 2025.
Toronto Sun
30-04-2025
- Toronto Sun
Bus driver found not criminally responsible for fatal Laval, Que., daycare crash
LILLEY: Conservatives opt for more infighting instead of beating Liberals 'Hostility' between Mitch Marner, Leafs could see star winger leave Toronto, Bissonnette says Bus driver found not criminally responsible for fatal Laval, Que., daycare crash Judge says there was no doubt Pierre Ny St-Amand was in state of psychosis during 2023 crash Allen McInnis/Montreal Gazette Article content Pierre Ny St-Amand, the man who drove a Laval city bus into a daycare, killing two children and seriously injuring six others, has been found not criminally responsible for his actions due to a mental health problem. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. 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Try refreshing your browser, or Play Video Article content 'The verdict of not criminally responsible delivered (Tuesday) is not an acquittal nor a conviction,' Quebec Superior Court Justice Éric Downs said while reading from parts of a lengthy decision at the Laval courthouse. 'This tragedy put into evidence complex psychiatric and legal elements. This judgment does not answer the question why the accused drove into the facade of the daycare with a bus. Unfortunately, incomprehension facing the inexplicable remains. 'The accused suffered from a mental health problem and was unable to appreciate the nature and the quality of his actions or understand that it was wrong.' The judge also said the court was convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that St-Amand, 53, was suffering from a psychosis on Feb. 8, 2023, when he crashed the bus into the daycare in Laval's Ste-Rose district. He began removing his clothing after the crash and said things that made no sense to the people who watched as he exited the bus. Your Midday Sun Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Thanks for signing up! A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Article content Advertisement 3 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content 'It is recognized that the accused committed the acts. It is recognized that, at the moment, the accused had mental health problems that rendered him not criminally responsible according to the Criminal Code,' Downs said, ordering that St-Amand remain detained at the Philippe Pinel Institute, a psychiatric hospital, for the time being. 'His movements will not be free. He is detained.' St-Amand was scheduled to have a trial before a jury on two charges of second-degree murder and charges related to the children who were injured. However, on Feb. 21, lawyers on both sides of the case asked that St-Amand undergo a trial before a judge alone. The lawyers also recommended the accused be found not criminally responsible. Advertisement 4 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Earlier this month, Downs heard testimony from two psychiatrists who agreed that St-Amand was in a state of psychosis when the tragedy occurred. The judge made several references to what Kim Bédard-Charette, a psychiatrist at the Philippe Pinel Institute who began treating St-Amand after he was arrested two years ago, said in court and in a detailed report filed to the court. Before the crash, St-Amand was preparing to marry a woman he had been in a relationship with for a long time. This involved having to provide documents he did not have to a notary, causing stress that, according to the psychiatrists, opened doors to a very traumatic past he had tried to forget. He was born in Cambodia in 1972, shortly before the Khmer Rouge began its totalitarian and violent rule of the country, between 1975 and 1979. The Khmer Rouge killed hundreds of thousands of their political opponents. Advertisement 5 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content 'He was a multi-traumatized orphan. He lost his parents. He lost his sisters. He lost his home. He was placed in group homes and fled among bombs going off and shots fired. He lost a cousin who was taking care of him. He was beaten and he was injured by someone who was supposed to take care of him. He was placed in different refugee camps,' the judge said while reading from Bédard-Charette's evaluation. 'He arrived (in Canada in 1982) as a refugee without papers, without a family, without a birthdate, without knowing the language and was welcomed by a Quebec family that tried to make his life easier and less traumatic.' On the court record, St-Amand's date of birth is recorded as Jan. 1, 1972, but when he arrived in Canada, there was no record of when he was actually born. Advertisement 6 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content 'He wanted to kill himself, or destroy his past or destroy the base of his past,' Downs said later, quoting Sylvain Faucher, the other psychiatrist who evaluated St-Amand. The judge will later hear arguments on how St-Amand should be detained in the future. The Crown has asked that he be declared a 'high risk accused' to public security. According to the Criminal Code, if the court finds a person to be a high-risk accused, a mental health tribunal that evaluates St-Amand in the future must take 'into account the safety of the public, which is the paramount consideration, the mental condition of the accused, the reintegration of the accused into society and the other needs of the accused.' On Tuesday, defence lawyer Véronique Talbot was unable to say when she will be ready to argue the matter. Downs said he will hear statements on Thursday from the families of the children who were killed or injured. Article content Share this article in your social network Read Next
