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CTV News
4 days ago
- CTV News
Montreal mother charged in abandonment case to continue psychiatric evaluation
Prosecutor Lili Prévost-Grave speaks to the media after a court hearing for the Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in a rural area of Ontario, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) The 34-year-old Montreal mother charged with allegedly abandoning her daughter in a field near a major Ontario highway will continue to undergo a psychiatric assessment. A Quebec court judge ordered the evaluation to continue at a Montreal psychiatric hospital during a brief court hearing today west of Montreal. Judge Mylène Grégoire says the 30-day evaluation ordered a month earlier by another judge hasn't been completed. READ MORE: Montreal mom who allegedly abandoned daughter on Ontario highway charged with criminal negligence The accused, whose name is subject to a publication ban to protect the young girl's identity, will remain at the facility and return to court on Sept. 8. Police found the woman's three-year-old daughter alive and conscious in a field near a highway in Ontario on June 18, four days after the girl was reported missing. The woman faces two counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and unlawful abandonment of a child. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 8, 2025.
BBC News
23-06-2025
- BBC News
Islamic Centre attack: Belfast man in court on various charges
A 34-year-old man facing explosives charges following an attack at the Belfast Islamic Centre may require psychiatric assessment, a court has 30 people were praying inside the building when an explosive device was thrown through the window on Friday centre is used as a place of worship and as a community Robert Bell, from Chester Manor, Belfast, is accused of attempting to cause an explosion and attempted arson which could endanger life. He is further charged with making an explosive device, namely a pipe bomb, sometime between 1 January 2025 and 21 is also another count of criminal damage in relation to a broken window at the Belfast Magistrates' Court on Monday, a detective sergeant said they could connect Mr Bell to the application for bail was court heard Mr Bell had been released on a licence for unrelated matters which could now be revoked by parole defendant's legal team said there were concerns about his mental state during police interview and a request was made for a psychiatric assessment to be carried Judge Steven Keown described the application as Bell was remanded into custody and will appear again on 8 July.
CBC
09-05-2025
- CBC
Court case for woman charged in stabbing of child delayed until next month
A woman charged in the stabbing of a child on a downtown Halifax street must wait a while longer to learn her fate. Elliott Chorny, 19, is charged with attempted murder and weapons offences in relation to an incident on Feb. 23. During a court appearance in March, Nova Scotia Provincial Court Judge Alonzo Wright ordered Chorny to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment, to see if she should be held criminally responsible for the attack. During a court appearance in Halifax on Friday, Chorny's lawyer, Kelly Rowlett, said she only received the report from the psychiatrist at 5:15 p.m. Thursday. Rowlett said she didn't have time to discuss the report with her client, who's being held at the East Coast Forensic Hospital in Dartmouth, the only secure mental health facility in the province. Wright agreed to put the matter over until June 13. While the judge and lawyers were discussing her case, Chorny, who was appearing by video, slipped out of sight of the camera. She did not answer repeated calls for her to reappear. Wright ordered Chorny to appear in person for the June court date.
