US EditionVictim impact statements today in trial of accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash
- Families affected by a February 8, 2023 bus crash at a Montreal-area daycare are reading victim impact statements in court today.
- The court event follows a judge accepting a joint Crown and defence recommendation after the driver was found not criminally responsible.
- Pierre Ny St-Amand, a 53-year-old former city bus driver, was diagnosed with psychosis and did not know right from wrong during the crash.
- The crash killed two children, Jacob Gauthier, 4, and a five-year-old girl named Maëva, whose family name is under a publication ban.
- Prosecutors seek to designate Ny St-Amand a high-risk offender, imposing stricter supervision confirmed by the Superior Court, and the day is expected to be emotional.
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Driver who crashed bus into Laval daycare 'stole our innocent child,' mother tells court
Marie-Christine Cloutier and other members of families affected by the attack read victim-impact statements in a courtroom in Laval, Que., days after a Superior Court judge found the accused, Pierre Ny St-Amand, not criminally responsible for what he did.
Victim Impact Statements Today in Trial of Accused in Fatal Quebec Daycare Bus Crash
Families affected by a deadly bus crash at a Montreal-area daycare in 2023 are scheduled to read victim impact statements today in court. Earlier in the week a Quebec Superior Court judge accepted a joint recommendation from the Crown and defence that Pierre Ny St-Amand is not criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others. During his trial, doctors said the 53-year-old former city bus driver was experiencing psychosis a…
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Victim impact statements today in trial of accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash
Families affected by a deadly bus crash at a Montreal-area daycare in 2023 are scheduled to read victim impact statements today in court. Earlier in the week a Quebec Superior Court judge accepted a joint recommendation from the Crown and defence that Pierre Ny St-Amand is not criminally responsible...
Pierre Ny-St-Amand's trial Victims testify to immense distress and suffering
Proven relatives and relatives followed at the bar at the Laval courthouse to testify to the hardships, immense distress and suffering they had to endure since a bus broke into a Laval day care centre in 2023.
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