Trevor Robert Farley, a man recently found not criminally responsible for the murders of his parents and the attempted murder of his former boss, will soon be held at a secure psychiatric facility north of Winnipeg, where he will remain indefinitely.
Trevor Robert Farley will be transferred out of prison next week Headingley to a closed unit with 18 beds in the Mental Health Center in Selkirk where he will continue treatment for a mental health disorder, according to information from a Mental Health Review Commission hearing this week in Winnipeg.
In October, a Manitoba Court of King’s Bench judge ruled that Trevor Farley was not criminally responsible for the 2021 murders of his parents, Judy Swain and Stuart Farley, due to a mental disorder, nor for the attempted murder that same day. his former superior Candyce Szkwarek in the hospital Seven oaks.
Both of Trevor Robert Farley’s parents were 73 years old at the time of the incident.
In Canada, a person can be found not criminally responsible if it is proven that mental illness contributed to their inability to understand their actions or know that they had done wrong.
The judge also classified Trevor Robert Farley, now 39, as a high-risk defendant, an extremely rare and extremely restrictive designation in Canada.
At the commission’s hearing on Friday, prosecutor Shannon Benevides called for Mr. Farley to be held long-term in the security unit.
Its only access to the outside remains an inner courtyard connected to the room, which is surrounded by a concrete wall over four meters high.
She called on the commission to provide a structured treatment plan that would allow Trevor Farley to continue taking antidepressants and antipsychotics.
Additionally, given his classification as a high-risk patient, facility officials have been asked to develop a safety plan for Trevor Farley, particularly in the rare event that he is allowed out for medical reasons.
The Mental Health Review Commission will make its decision on the details of the detention plan next week.
With information from Bryce Hoye
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