Man accused of killing Mindy Godin found to have been of sound mind during alleged attack
Jonathan Beck Fontaine, a man charged with second-degree murder in the death of a mother of two in Grand Falls, has been found to have been of sound mind at the time of the alleged crime.
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Posted: Mar 10, 2021 8:46 PM AT | Last Updated: March 11
Jonathan Beck Fontaine was arrested after Mindy Godin of Grand Falls was killed in December.(Jessica Savoie/Radio-Canada)
A Grand Falls man accused of fatally stabbing a mother of two has been found to have been of sound mind at the time of the alleged crime, says his lawyer.
Posted: Mar 10, 2021 1:56 PM AT | Last Updated: March 10
Matthew Raymond, 50, has been held at a secured hospital facility since he was found not criminally responsible by a jury.(Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
The New Brunswick review board has denied a treatment team s request to give Matthew Raymond more privileges while in custody.
Raymond, 50, was found not criminally responsible by a jury in November after admitting to shooting and killing Donnie Robichaud and Bobbie Lee Wright from his storage room window at 237 Brookside Dr., then Fredericton Const. Sara Burns and Const. Robb Costello when they responded to calls of shots fired on Aug. 10, 2018.
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. A New Brunswick review board has declined to give new privileges to the man found not criminally responsible in the 2018 killings of four people in Fredericton. Matthew Raymond is being held at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton, N.B. In December Justice Larry Landry of the Court of Queen s Bench deemed Raymond high risk and ordered that he be detained in a high-security hospital. Raymond shot and killed Donnie Robichaud and Bobbie Lee Wright, as well as Fredericton police constables Sara Burns and Robb Costello on Aug. 10, 2018. During the nine-week first-degree murder trial, the defence argued Raymond had a mental illness and believed he was defending himself from demons.
A New Brunswick review board has declined to give new privileges to the man found not criminally responsible in the 2018 killings of four people in Fredericton.
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A New Brunswick review board has declined to give new privileges to the man found not criminally responsible in the 2018 killings of four people in Fredericton.
Matthew Raymond is being held at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton, N.B.
In December Justice Larry Landry of the Court of Queen’s Bench deemed Raymond “high risk” and ordered that he be detained in a high-security hospital.