Mental disorder may be at root of B.C. Supreme Court stabbing

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'She was psychotic,' psychiatrist Dr. Garen Gharakhanian said. 'She felt justified in what she did.'

A woman accused of a stabbing in a B.C. Supreme Court hearing room could be found not criminally responsible after testimony from a psychiatrist.

The case stems from an incident in a court hearing room. Sheriffs were called to a panic button and found two women on the ground, one of them with multiple injuries, the other in handcuffs. In testifying before the court Oct. 13, psychiatrist Dr. Garen Gharakhanian said Shen could not understand the wrongfulness of her acts.

 

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