An Afghanistan war veteran was suffering from several mental disorders when he killed three family members and himself in 2017, but he understood his actions were wrong, an inquiry in Nova Scotia heard Tuesday.
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Lawyer Adam Rodgers will be permitted three more months to practise law before a one-year suspension begins. The suspension was scheduled to start July 1.(Brett Ruskin/CBC)
Nova Scotia lawyer Adam Rodgers has been given three additional months to practise law before he must begin serving a one-year suspension for professional misconduct.
Rodgers was found guilty by a disciplinary committee of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society that looked into allegations surrounding the collapse of Rodgers s old law firm, Boudrot Rodgers.
The firm was shut down in October 2018 after it was learned one of the partners, Jason Boudrot, had been stealing from clients trust accounts.
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Lionel Desmond inquiry: letter from former soldier describes his mental challenges
The Desmond Fatality Inquiry is being held at the Guysborough Municipal building in Guysborough, N.S. on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. A provincial inquiry investigating why a former Canadian soldier killed his family and himself is set to resume today in Nova Scotia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan February 16, 2021 - 1:05 PM
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Soon after Lionel Desmond left the Canadian military in 2015, he wrote a letter to Veterans Affairs Canada to complain he was feeling confused, angry and stressed out.
The veteran of the war in Afghanistan, who is at the centre of an inquiry investigating why he killed his family and himself in 2017, said the military had failed to help him deal with post-traumatic stress disorder and head injuries that may have left him brain damaged.