Ex-doc who killed kids remains free pending 2nd murder trial
QMI Agency
First posted: Monday, February 02, 2015 07:36 PM EST
MONTREAL - Ex-doctor Guy Turcotte, who provoked outrage when he was declared not criminally responsible for killing his two children, will remain free pending a second murder trial.
The Crown announced Monday that it won't ask the Supreme Court of Canada to contest a decision freeing Turcotte, 42.
The Quebec Court of Appeal had agreed with a lower-court judge who ruled Turcotte isn't a threat to society.
In the meantime, the former heart specialist will continue to live with an uncle on Montreal's south shore.
He'll face trial again in September for the 2009 stabbing deaths of Anne-Sophie, 3, and Olivier, 5.
A jury in 2011 believed his claim that he was suicidal and blacked out when he admittedly stabbed his children 46 times amid a crumbling marriage to Dr. Isabelle Gaston, who he worked with at a hospital north of Montreal.
The not-criminally-responsible verdict sparked a wave of anger, including renewed calls for the death penalty.
Turcotte was released from a mental hospital in 2012 but was re-arrested a year later after the verdict was overturned on appeal.
During his bail hearing last September, Turcotte said he wants to help care for his uncle as well as an aunt. The killer said he also wants to work as a volunteer.
"I think I can be more useful on bail than to waste my time in prison," he testified.
His ex-wife, who has become a victims'-rights advocate, maintains Turcotte is still a danger.
Guy Turcotte. (Handout)
Ex-doc who killed kids remains free pending 2nd murder trial | Canada | News | T
QMI Agency
First posted: Monday, February 02, 2015 07:36 PM EST
MONTREAL - Ex-doctor Guy Turcotte, who provoked outrage when he was declared not criminally responsible for killing his two children, will remain free pending a second murder trial.
The Crown announced Monday that it won't ask the Supreme Court of Canada to contest a decision freeing Turcotte, 42.
The Quebec Court of Appeal had agreed with a lower-court judge who ruled Turcotte isn't a threat to society.
In the meantime, the former heart specialist will continue to live with an uncle on Montreal's south shore.
He'll face trial again in September for the 2009 stabbing deaths of Anne-Sophie, 3, and Olivier, 5.
A jury in 2011 believed his claim that he was suicidal and blacked out when he admittedly stabbed his children 46 times amid a crumbling marriage to Dr. Isabelle Gaston, who he worked with at a hospital north of Montreal.
The not-criminally-responsible verdict sparked a wave of anger, including renewed calls for the death penalty.
Turcotte was released from a mental hospital in 2012 but was re-arrested a year later after the verdict was overturned on appeal.
During his bail hearing last September, Turcotte said he wants to help care for his uncle as well as an aunt. The killer said he also wants to work as a volunteer.
"I think I can be more useful on bail than to waste my time in prison," he testified.
His ex-wife, who has become a victims'-rights advocate, maintains Turcotte is still a danger.
Guy Turcotte. (Handout)
Ex-doc who killed kids remains free pending 2nd murder trial | Canada | News | T
