Siblings of a man found not criminally responsible for killing their parents are suing Manitoba health authorities, claiming staff did not provide adequate psychiatric care, which resulted in the stabbings.
Trevor Farley's trial heard that he had been in psychosis and was supposed to be under an involuntary hold at the crisis centre when the attacks happened in 2021.
Family of Manitoba man who killed parents launches lawsuit against Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and Shared Health for not providing adequate psychiatric care
An extremely rare and exceptionally restrictive designation handed down this week to a Winnipeg man who killed his parents and brutally stabbed his former nursing supervisor should be used with caution but lawyers say they expect to see it used more often as the option to label an accused high-risk gains attention.