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Psychiatrists Finish Testimony in Vancouver Festival Attack Suspect’s Fitness Hearing

Legal challenges to the reporting ban may determine how psychiatric evidence is made public ahead of the hearing’s resumption on August 22.

The streetside memorial in April for the 11 people killed when a vehicle tore into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver.

Overview

  • Two forensic psychiatrists, Dr. Robert Lacroix and Dr. Rakesh Lamba, concluded their testimony on July 24 assessing Adam Kai-Ji Lo’s fitness to stand trial for the Lapu Lapu Day festival attack.
  • Lo faces 11 counts of second-degree murder after prosecutors approved three additional charges matching the number of victims in the April 26 incident.
  • Judge Reg Harris imposed a sweeping publication ban on all evidence and testimony from the fitness hearing to protect the integrity of the future trial.
  • A media consortium that includes The Canadian Press, represented by lawyer Daniel Coles, is challenging the publication ban in court.
  • The fitness hearing is paused until August 22 to allow for further legal arguments and a potentially influential Supreme Court ruling.