Two psychiatrists testified that James Turok was experiencing a psychotic episode during the attack and was incapable of appreciating that what he was doing was wrong, said Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes.
A man who stabbed a 79-year-old man to death in a random attack in a Nanaimo coffee shop has been found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
Staff members arrived around 8:45 a.m. and found the bakery door locked. They could see Kutzner’s blood-soaked legs and Turok walking around dripping blood, Holmes said. Turok’s mental health history dates back at least 12 years and includes hospitalizations and certification under the Mental Health Act, Holmes said. He has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type and schizophrenia, she said.
Turok has a pattern of going into remission while on anti-psychotic medication and relapsing when he stops taking it, she said. He had been off his medication for nearly a year and a half when he killed Kutzner. The verdict does not mean Turok was found not guilty and does not release him from the control of the state, Holmes said.
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