rape and murder with 3 mental illnesses
Looks like it is not just the teens looking for an easy way out. Let me see if I get this right, I make a bet with a person to rape and kill someone, I go through with it, I don't deny that I did it, I don't deny that my DNA was at the scene and claim that I suffer from multiple personality disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome as well as post traumatic stress disorder and I might get off? Sounds like this guy got the short end of the stick dont it? I mean, bad enough you suffer from MPD (which I think has been changed to Dissociative identity disorder DID http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder) but to throw in PTSD and FAS? Damn, talk about being a walking time bomb.
Hard enough to put him on trial and find him guitly if he did have those diseases because you cant blame him for being at fault, and if you did find that one of his personalities did commit the crime, can you really imprison him for it? Though, doesnt this sound like an easy way out though? I get caught commiting a crime, do a last minute grab to claim mental illness and try to fake it. Since psychiatry isnt exactly a science but more a philosophy, kind of hard to really nail it down, right?
Simple solution, if he is found guitly of these crimes and no mental illness, put him in jail for life; if he is found not guilty due to mental illness, lock him up in a mental asylum and use him as a guinea pig for the psychologists/psychiatrists to find out about the illness for....oh, lets pick a nice round number here...LIFE. Harsh, I know, but oh well. I am learning that life is not really hugs and kisses to make people better, gotta learn to fight some fire with some fire, just not give a couple degree burns, not a complete witch burning of the witch hunts.
'Not responsible'
Man charged in savage rape to plead not guilty based on mental condition
By TONY BLAIS, COURT BUREAU
An Edmonton man accused of savagely attacking and raping a school vice-principal wants to be found not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder.
Court of Queen's Bench heard yesterday that Ryan James Huppie, 23, apparently tried to commit suicide while in custody by biting a vein in his thumb. Huppie appeared at a pre-trial conference for his 20-day trial, which is set to begin on Jan. 7.
Huppie is charged with attempted murder, aggravated sexual assault, unlawful confinement, breaking and entering with intent to commit sexual assault and sexual assault with a weapon relating to the Feb. 17, 2004, attack.
Police say the then-33-year-old woman was repeatedly raped and then stabbed several times in the head, face and neck with either a meat cleaver or a butcher knife before she managed to finally escape her attacker.
She was taken to hospital by ambulance suffering from severe blood loss and deep multiple knife wounds. Three fingers were severely cut and one was nearly amputated.
In court documents filed in a related case, a friend of Huppie's who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for cleaning up blood from the attack and lying to police about Huppie's description, alleged Huppie had bet him $500 that he could rape and kill his next-door neighbour.
The court documents also allege Huppie entered the woman's suite by crossing over a common balcony and then attacked her while she was sleeping.
After being slashed and stabbed the woman played dead and, when her attacker walked out of the bedroom, she called 911. She then managed to escape into the hallway, but was caught and stabbed again. She eventually managed to get into a neighbour's suite.
Yesterday, defence lawyer Laurie Wood said Huppie would be pleading not guilty because he is not criminally responsible (NCR) due to a mental disorder.
"Our defence is one of NCR, plain and simple," she said.
Outside court, Wood said Huppie tried to kill himself while at the Calgary Remand Centre by trying to bite a vein in his hand.
The Crown is opposing the NCR application and prosecutor Rob Beck says he will proceed with a dangerous offender application if Huppie is found guilty of the attack.
Court heard yesterday Huppie admits he was the assailant and does not dispute the allegations. He also admits he was drinking at the time and confirms his DNA was found at the crime scene.
In 2006, Huppie was about to start a trial when his former lawyer told the judge he had just learned Huppie might have multiple personalities and could suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and fetal alcohol syndrome.
That derailed the case, as the judge ordered Huppie to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment, both to see if he is fit to stand trial and whether, at the time of the offence, he was suffering from a mental disorder.
Hard enough to put him on trial and find him guitly if he did have those diseases because you cant blame him for being at fault, and if you did find that one of his personalities did commit the crime, can you really imprison him for it? Though, doesnt this sound like an easy way out though? I get caught commiting a crime, do a last minute grab to claim mental illness and try to fake it. Since psychiatry isnt exactly a science but more a philosophy, kind of hard to really nail it down, right?
Simple solution, if he is found guitly of these crimes and no mental illness, put him in jail for life; if he is found not guilty due to mental illness, lock him up in a mental asylum and use him as a guinea pig for the psychologists/psychiatrists to find out about the illness for....oh, lets pick a nice round number here...LIFE. Harsh, I know, but oh well. I am learning that life is not really hugs and kisses to make people better, gotta learn to fight some fire with some fire, just not give a couple degree burns, not a complete witch burning of the witch hunts.
'Not responsible'
Man charged in savage rape to plead not guilty based on mental condition
By TONY BLAIS, COURT BUREAU
An Edmonton man accused of savagely attacking and raping a school vice-principal wants to be found not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder.
Court of Queen's Bench heard yesterday that Ryan James Huppie, 23, apparently tried to commit suicide while in custody by biting a vein in his thumb. Huppie appeared at a pre-trial conference for his 20-day trial, which is set to begin on Jan. 7.
Huppie is charged with attempted murder, aggravated sexual assault, unlawful confinement, breaking and entering with intent to commit sexual assault and sexual assault with a weapon relating to the Feb. 17, 2004, attack.
Police say the then-33-year-old woman was repeatedly raped and then stabbed several times in the head, face and neck with either a meat cleaver or a butcher knife before she managed to finally escape her attacker.
She was taken to hospital by ambulance suffering from severe blood loss and deep multiple knife wounds. Three fingers were severely cut and one was nearly amputated.
In court documents filed in a related case, a friend of Huppie's who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for cleaning up blood from the attack and lying to police about Huppie's description, alleged Huppie had bet him $500 that he could rape and kill his next-door neighbour.
The court documents also allege Huppie entered the woman's suite by crossing over a common balcony and then attacked her while she was sleeping.
After being slashed and stabbed the woman played dead and, when her attacker walked out of the bedroom, she called 911. She then managed to escape into the hallway, but was caught and stabbed again. She eventually managed to get into a neighbour's suite.
Yesterday, defence lawyer Laurie Wood said Huppie would be pleading not guilty because he is not criminally responsible (NCR) due to a mental disorder.
"Our defence is one of NCR, plain and simple," she said.
Outside court, Wood said Huppie tried to kill himself while at the Calgary Remand Centre by trying to bite a vein in his hand.
The Crown is opposing the NCR application and prosecutor Rob Beck says he will proceed with a dangerous offender application if Huppie is found guilty of the attack.
Court heard yesterday Huppie admits he was the assailant and does not dispute the allegations. He also admits he was drinking at the time and confirms his DNA was found at the crime scene.
In 2006, Huppie was about to start a trial when his former lawyer told the judge he had just learned Huppie might have multiple personalities and could suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and fetal alcohol syndrome.
That derailed the case, as the judge ordered Huppie to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment, both to see if he is fit to stand trial and whether, at the time of the offence, he was suffering from a mental disorder.
posted by Capt_Canuck at 2:37 PM
2 Comments:
This is an animal . No consideration albeit what is giving to him under our constitution should be given to him . I am curiouse how the victim is doing . This storey has sickened me and I feel nothing but compassion for the victim and a determination to not give one iota of energy to the animal that attacked her
My Cousin Murdered my aunt in 2004 was found NCR and detained in forensice institute in BC. He waited 9 days and then started to make legal demands on his half of the estate even though he killed her and has never disputed that fact. Under canadian law since he was not found "ciminally" responsible he can claim his half of the estate and we seem to be powerless to stop it.
Regards
David V
Kelowna BC Canada
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