A mentally ill man who killed his sleeping father and seriously injured his mother by bludgeoning them with a wrench will spend at least one year in a psychiatric hospital.
The deeply sad story that unfolded in B.C. Supreme Court this week underscores both the seriousness of mental illness and the challenges in managing it.
The deeply sad story that unfolded in B.C. Supreme Court last week underscores both the seriousness of mental illness and the challenges of managing it.
The deeply sad story that unfolded in B.C. Supreme Court this week underscores both the seriousness of mental illness and the challenges in managing it.
THE sister of a man who was brutally bludgeoned to death by his schizophrenic son said Friday she believes her brother Donald Ramsay would still be alive if her nephew had stayed on his anti-psychotic medication.
A defence lawyer has asked a judge to declare Jordan Ramsay of North Vancouver not criminally responsible for murdering his father and severely injuring his mother, saying Ramsay was in a psychotic state when he violently attacked his parents last fall.
THE family of a 27-year-old man who has been c and seriously injuring his mother moved to British Columbia from Saskatchewan in the last year because they'd hoped Jordan Ramsay would get better mental health services in this province.
A North Vancouver man has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his father and seriously wounding his mother Saturday.