The man who admitted to police that he killed his mother in 2021 has been found not criminally responsible on account of his mental disorder, and his case will be referred to the Mental Health Review Board.
At a hearing on Wednesday, March 12, Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Power made the decision, finding Ryan Elder not criminally responsible for the December 2021 killing of his mother, Raymonde Elder.
The justice noted that two forensic psychiatrists who took the stand during the trial said Elder was experiencing schizophrenia-driven-psychosis at the time of the murder.
Power found that Raymonde was killed likely between the evening of Dec. 25 and the early morning of Dec. 26 when she was punched, strangled, and stabbed in the living room of her Langford home.
According to the Canadian Criminal Code, a defendant can be found not criminally responsible if they committed a crime "while suffering from a mental disorder that rendered the person incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the act or omission or of knowing that it was wrong."
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