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March 5 -
Canada judge:
Man not
responsible for
beheading
Article:
Signs Of The
Last Times
WINNIPEG,
Manitoba
– A
Canadian
judge
ruled
Thursday
that
a
man
accused
of
beheading
and
cannibalizing
a
fellow
Greyhound
bus
passenger
is
not
criminally
responsible
due
to
mental
illness.
The
decision
means
Chinese
immigrant
Vince
Li
will
be
treated
in a
mental
institution
instead
of
going
to
prison.
The
family
of
victim
Tim
McLean
said
Li
got
away
with
murder.
Both the prosecution and the defense argued Li can't be held responsible because he had schizophrenia and believed God wanted him to kill McLean because the young man was evil. "He did not appreciate the actions he committed were morally wrong," Scurfield said. Li will be institutionalized without a criminal record and reassessed every year by a mental health review board to determine if he is fit for release. Police said McLean's body parts were found throughout the bus in plastic bags, and the victim's ear, nose and tongue were found in Li's pocket. A psychiatrist called by the prosecution testified that Li cut up McLean's body because he believed that he would come back to life and take revenge. After the trial, government prosecutor Joyce Dalmyn said people who are mentally ill should be treated, not convicted, when they don't know what they did was wrong. Read More ....
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