- Calgary man Ian Wylie age 21 was declared legally insane on the unprovoked attack on his sister and her boyfriend.
- He was found not criminally responsible by reason of a mental disorder.
- He committed aggravated assaults on Oct.19 of his 18 year old sister and her 21 year old boyfriend.
- He admitted attacking them when they were watching TV with two knives.
- Psychiatrist concluded he suffered from paranoid shizophrenia at the time of the stabbing
- Wylie told the doctor that the boyfriend had made pancakes for the three of them “and believed that the pancakes may have been poisoned with something.”
- “He also reported that he has heard the radio speaking to him in the voice of Tristan (the boyfriend),” she said in her report, made a court exhibit.
- He stabbed the boyfriend in the face and then started stabbing his sister
- His sister was stabbed 13 times and suffered life threatening injuries which required surgery
- The boyfriend was stabbed once in the face resulting in a long laceration.
- Wylie will be sent to a mental hospital in Edmonton when a bed becomes available and will have another assessment of his condition.
If this man indeed suffers from schizophrenia, then I completely agree with this NCR finding. This man did not understand or appreciate the nature of his actions and did not know right from wrong, and therefore, if his actions were not voluntary he cannot be held to blame. He will be in the mental hospital until it is deemed safe for him to be released, and a review will take place every year on his condition.
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