When Matthew de Grood killed five young Calgarians at a northwest house party he didn’t know he was doing wrong because of a mental disorder, a judge found Wednesday. “I realize that through my illness I have done something horrible and ultimately wrong,” de Grood wrote. Such a designation would also mean de Grood would only be entitled to review hearings before the board every three years instead of annually. De Grood also pledged to “take responsibility for my illness so nothing like this ever occurs again. In determining de Grood, 24, was not criminally responsible, Justice Eric Macklin accepted the opinions of three experts that the admitted killer was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time of the slayings.

Source: National Post May 25, 2016 11:45 UTC