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An elderly man facing a second-degree murder charge will undergo further assessment of his fitness and criminal responsibility.
The 95-year-old Wallaceburg man, charged in connection to the death of his 89-year-old wife, made a brief appearance in a Chatham court on Friday via teleconference. A publication ban prohibits publishing any details that would identify the accused or the deceased.
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A fitness and criminal responsibility assessment was completed on the accused while he has been in custody at the South West Detention Centre in Windsor. However, his lawyer Greg McGivern requested an extension of this assessment be granted at the Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care in St. Thomas.