Trial for accused in Quebec daycare killings to hear from second expert today
- A psychiatrist testified that Pierre Ny St-Amand was unable to distinguish right from wrong during the incident, experiencing psychotic symptoms according to Dr. Sylvain Faucher.
- Dr. Sylvain Faucher noted that untreated post-traumatic stress disorder from Ny St-Amand's childhood in war-torn Cambodia left him vulnerable to stressors.
- Melanie Goulet, whose daughter survived the incident, expressed concerns that Ny St-Amand is being portrayed as a victim to justify his actions, stating that everyone has stress and a past.
- The court is deliberating whether Ny St-Amand should be declared not criminally responsible due to his mental condition.
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Man who drove bus into Quebec daycare may have been trying to kill his past, trial told
LAVAL -- The man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare was unable to distinguish right from wrong, a psychiatrist told a trial on Tuesday.

Man may have driven bus into Quebec daycare to kill his past, psychiatrist testifies
LAVAL — The man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare was unable to distinguish right from wrong, a psychiatrist told a trial on Tuesday. Dr.
Quebec bus driver in fatal daycare crash unable to tell right from wrong, 2nd expert tells court
A second psychiatrist told a trial on Tuesday that the man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare was unable to distinguish right from wrong.
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