An Ottawa man has been found not criminally responsible for a serious crime for the fourth time, believed to be a Canadian legal record. Justice Webber added that the treatment plan for the accused, devised by a team at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, likely compromised the ability of staff at the accused's transitional group home to "fully appreciate" Weber's worsening symptoms. "Fourth time not criminally responsible? He'd been released from the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre less than two months earlier and was under a care plan prepared by his psychiatrist. He was found not criminally responsible in all three cases, raising questions about whether the defence, regarded as a "third option" for prosecuting the mentally ill, is placing the public at risk and failing those it's meant to help reintegrate into society.

Source: CBC News September 29, 2016 09:00 UTC