Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 23, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba H 6 Winnipeg free november Man found unfit for Mai by Paula Martin a Man who believed he was the subject of a conspiracy fun by prime minister fru Deau and a group of followers he called fingerprint was declared unfit to stand trial Oil a four def charge yesterday by a court of Queens Bench Assize John Francis a former Selkirk mental Hospital is charged with second degree murder in the stabbing of his Gerald july was stabbed 33 he was found in the bathroom of the Glen Meadow Street apartment he shared with both men were outpatients from Sel Kirk mental they were matched As roommates last Spring under a program run by the Selkirk mental health two strategies before testimony was Given yesterday to help the jury determine whether Obrien was capable of conducting his lawyer Greg Brodsky advised the jury his client did not want to stand trial on a defence of insanity and he outlined two defence strategies Obrien wished to use at his the defence lawyer told the jury Briens first proposed defence was Sui he explained that Obrien said he had told Kahanovitch to go into the washroom of their apartment for a period of two hours or he would be forced to kill Brodsky said Obrien thought there were certain drugs planted in the washroom designed to harm him mentally and but Kahanovitch refused to stay in bathroom any longer than 15 i despite repeated warnings that Obrien would kill him if he came Brodsky told this is my position that my defence is one of suicide As he knew he would die if he came out before the expiration of the two hour Obrien said in a statement read by City a second defence of self defence was explained to the for a period of approximately nine years i have been relentlessly pursued by Pierre Elliott the prime minister and his henchmen 1 knew Gerald to be in league with them in some thus when i killed Gerald i was defending myself both morally and legally against the Trudeau Brodksy told the again Reading from the state the Crown called three psychiatrists to testify about Briens mental Sta Tus and All three were unanimous in their assessment that the accused was not fit to stand in my Obrien is not rationally Able to give instructions to Brodsky because his defences Are based on his John Var Samis Varsamis testified Obrien believed the bathroom was sprayed with Poison Ana he wanted his Roommate exposed to to subject him to his own when he ordered him to remain in he the psychiatrist also testified that believed the conspiracy by agents of the Priche minister stretched As far Back As 10 Frederick Shane testified Obrien suffered from persecutory illusions which impaired his he added Obrien Felt he had no responsibility for Kahanovitch Obrien will be held in Hospital or a Presori Hospital Ward until he is deemed fit to stand trial on the psychologist claims decision discriminatory an Industrial psychologist wants an order refusing him membership in the psychological association of Manitoba claiming the decision was documents filed in court of Queens Bench by John Ronald Mcferran claim that under the psychologists registration the 21 decision denying his application to the Council of psychologists was unfair because it was reached on the basis of correspondence he stated he had no Opportunity to present his Case in person to the coun cil and no Opportunity to respond to the reasons for the councils refusal to consider his practical experience As equivalent to an an affidavit filed in support of his motion stated employed As a management applied to the psychological association for registration As a psychologist in Manitoba with a View to establishing in the firm of my present an Industrial psychology depart ment to Deal with areas such As psychology Cal and career Mcferran claimed his application was twice rejected because he does not have two years of supervised Post doctoral the documents stated the entire application process took place through 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