Lionel Desmond, a 33-year-old former infantryman from rural Nova Scotia, killed his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter before turning a military-style rifle on himself in January 2017
Desmond, a retired corporal, had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after two particularly violent tours in Afghanistan in 2007.The inquiry in Guysborough, N.S., is expected to hear today from two doctors who spoke with Desmond only days before the killings in nearby Upper Big Tracadie.
As well, Hayne said a psychiatrist, Dr. Faisal Rahman, will tell the inquiry Desmond was “pleasant, forthcoming engaging, respectful and a proud father” when he talked to the former soldier at the hospital on Jan. 1, 2017 and again the next day.
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