The author of the saber attack was delirious, according to a psychiatrist, when he killed two people in Old Quebec in addition to attacking five others.
Dr. met. Gilles Chamberland asked Carl Girouard twice to assess his criminal liability.
He came to the conclusion that the killer was in full psychosis at the time of the events, that is it became impossible for him to know whether his actions were good or bad.
Ordered by the defense, the psychiatrist prepared a 29-page report in which he made several diagnoses.
Schizophrenia
He believes the 26-year-old had episodes of schizophrenia, mild autism spectrum disorder and possibly cannabis-induced psychotic disorders.
Dr. Chamberland, on the other hand, believes Girouard’s psychological problems began before he even used drugs.
He makes this observation, because he was able to consult the expert reports made on the childhood of the accused.
From elementary school, the troubled boy who makes vulgar and sexual speech meets a variety of stakeholders.
In a session aimed at examining his behavior when he was 12 years old, Girouard hit a doll with a stick. The psychologist records him as a potential aggressive and impulsive extremely important .
It is almost prescientDr. believes. Chamberland. That, we already have the embryo of what will happen.
Various reports indicate that the mother offers adequate supervision, but she is overwhelmed with her four children.
We are far from a child we do not take care of, on the contrarysaid Dr. Chamberland.
” Here we already have a strong, formal individual. “
At age 16, video games will take an increasingly important place in Girouard’s life.
This is also where he started using drugs and bought his first sword, for $ 150. Over time, he will buy twenty of them, always looking for the best weapon.
It associates violence and superioritysaid Dr. Chamberland.
Girouard told him he prefers violent video games, with characters wielding swords.
delirium entered
The mission began to take shape in the teenager’s head, and his second personality emerged. When he returned to reality, everything was holy and flatsummarizes the psychiatrist.
Delirium quietly entered, which did not hinder the young man’s function.
To illustrate his observation, the psychiatrist explained that a computer can work very well, but performs a bad function.
For example, a computer programmed to send hundreds of greeting cards may continue to do the job, but send death threats.
It is the fact that Mr. suffers from an autism spectrum disorder that makes it possible to understand that psychotic symptoms can develop gradually, ending in events.the psychiatrist wrote in his report.
According to Dr. Chamberland, everything will change at the beginning of the pandemic when Girouard left his job.
He then devoted his days, in isolation, to using cannabis and playing video games. His second personality then took over, and the young man could not restrain his impulses.
The psychiatrist will continue his testimony on Monday.
Source: Radio-Canada
