Doctors will evaluate the mental state of the bus driver accused of intentionally ramming a Laval daycare with a city bus, killing two children, to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.
St-Amand appeared at the Laval courthouse on Friday morning shackled and accompanied by four special constables, two of whom held his arms in the prisoner's box. His hair was messy and his eyes drooped and closed during his appearance. He struggled to stand and shuffled slowly when he was brought into the room.
His defence lawyer, Julien Lespérance Hudon, asked Quebec Superior Court Justice Carol Richer to order a psychiatric evaluation, which the judge granted. The evaluation is to be conducted by the Philippe-Pinel institute, a Montreal psychiatric hospital, before next Friday, Feb. 24, when St-Amand is scheduled to appear in court again.Lespérance Hudon said that some days he was able to communicate with St-Amand.
St-Amand was subdued at the scene by parents who said he was agitated, delirious and tearing off his clothes. He was then arrested by Laval police. He is facing two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm.
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