Treatment Team Recommends More Freedom For Calgary Man Who Killed 5 At House Party

A Calgary man deemed not criminally responsible for stabbing 5 group to decease astatine a location party is seeking much freedoms.

His treating psychiatrist, Dr. Sergio Santana, said Matthew de Grood remains a debased level to reoffend and is fresh for relaxed rules to make it easier for de Grood to sojourn his sister successful British Columbia.

The statement was made astatine an yearly proceeding earlier Alberta’s Criminal Code Review Board connected de Grood’s advancement and whether further freedoms would beryllium warranted.

“We tin only recommend,” Santana told nan committee Wednesday.

“It is up to nan committee to work together whether they work together aliases not, but surely past twelvemonth we thought he was fresh for much privileges.”

Santana said de Grood continues to suffer from PTSD and nan effect his actions had connected his ain family and those of his victims.

“It’s not conscionable nan guilt but it’s besides nan shame that comes pinch it. We cognize that bodes well,” Santana said.

“People who consciousness guilt and shame and remorse, they want to change. That ever bodes good for their recovery.”

De Grood’s squad has been pressing for much freedoms.

In September, Alberta’s Court of Appeal rejected their bid for a conditional discharge for de Grood or, astatine nan very least, a relaxation of rules surrounding his supervision successful group homes.

He was charged pinch execution successful nan 2014 deaths but recovered not criminally responsible arsenic he was mentally sick astatine nan time.

Court heard that successful nan early hours of April 15, 2014, during a statement described arsenic laid backmost and relaxed, de Grood went to nan kitchen, grabbed a knife, past quickly and without provocation stabbed

Zackariah Rathwell, Jordan Segura, Kaiti Perras, Josh Hunter and Lawrence Hong earlier fleeing. He was 22 years aged astatine that time.

The proceedings heard de Grood, suffering from schizophrenia astatine nan time, believed he was attacking Medusas and werewolves for nan boy of God.

“The master grounds was unanimous that nan appellant had suffered a psychotic episode, had mislaid touch pinch reality and did not admit that his behaviour was morally wrong,” said nan Appeal Court determination successful September.