A judge has ruled a Blind River man is not criminally responsible for stabbing his father to death last year. Judge Alex Kurke accepted the evidence from a psychiatrist who said 19-year-old Ian Hammond was delusional and psychotic at the time of the stabbing. The Crown Attorney agreed with that assessment. The verdict means Hammond will not stand trial for a murder charge. Instead Hammond will stay at the Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre until he’s taken to a care facility in Penetanguishene for treatment.
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Blind River man not criminally responsible for father's death
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.
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