Crown Says Accused in Quebec Daycare Deaths Not Criminally Responsible

A city bus is shown next to a daycare centre in Laval, Que, on Feb. 8, 2023, where the driver crashed it into the building leaving two children dead. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

The Quebec Crown says its expert has concluded that the man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when the bus he was driving crashed into a daycare should be found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.

Prosecutor Karine Dalphond told a judge today that the Crown and defence will now present the facts of the case jointly when Pierre Ny St-Amand’s murder trial proceeds.