Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
Judge Anne Molloy rejected Minassian s defence that his autism caused such mental deficits he did not know that mass murder was wrong
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Top row, left to right: Anne Marie D Amico, 30, Munir Najjar, 85, Andrea Bradden, 33, Sohe Chung, 22, Betty Forsyth, 94. Bottom row, left to right: Eddie Kang, 45, Renuka Amarasingha, 45, Geraldine Brady, 83, Ji Hun Kim, 22, Dorothy Sewell, 80.The man who drove a rented van down Toronto sidewalks trying to kill as many people as he could has been found guilty of murdering 10 people and attempting to kill 16 more.
Judge Anne Molloy resoundingly rejected Alek Minassian s controversial defence that autism caused such mental deficits he did not know that mass murder was wrong.
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Survivors, family and friends share a moment outside the courthouse after Alek Minassian had been found guilty on all 26 counts including 16 counts of attempted murder and 10 counts of first-degree murder for the Toronto van attack, in Toronto, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The verdict was streamed live on YouTube due to the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette March 03, 2021 - 12:02 PM
TORONTO - Relief washed over victims of the Toronto van attack Wednesday after the man responsible for the rampage was found guilty of murdering ten people and trying to kill 16 others.
Justice Anne Molloy said Alek Minassian carried out the 2018 van attack to achieve notoriety and was fully aware of the devastation he had caused.