A voluminous psychiatric report was filed in court on Monday to shed light on Ali Ngarukiye’s mental state at the time of his alleged crimes. The young man is accused of having tried to kill a police officer in the Parc-Extension district last winter, then of having murdered a fellow inmate in his cell.
Experts from the National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry Philippe-Pinel on Monday produced a 35-page report to determine Ali Ngarukiye’s criminal responsibility. The conclusions of this psychiatric report, however, were not revealed during the brief hearing Monday morning at the Montreal courthouse. At the request of lawyers, the report was sealed by Judge Linda Despots.
The case is due to return to court on October 13. Me Louis Bouthillier represents the public prosecutor, while Me Lloyd Fischler defends the accused, who was not present at the hearing.
Ali Ngarukiye is accused of having tried to kill the policeman Sanjay Vig in the Parc-Extension district. The case made headlines last winter, when an unblemished citizen, Mamadi Camara, was unfairly accused of the crime. Victim of an error on the person, he was finally released six days later and cleared on the whole line by the police department.
Two months later, Ali Ngarukiye was arrested in Toronto for this crime. During his preventive detention, he allegedly murdered his roommate André Lapierre. The latter was found dead in the cell he shared with Ali Ngarukiye. He therefore faces a charge of murder and contempt of a corpse.
Press reported last July that Ali Ngarukiye has since been subject to draconian security measures in Rivière-des-Prairies prison. These measures are reserved for prisoners who present a high risk of assault. For example, he must always be alone in the cell to avoid endangering other detainees and must always be handcuffed behind his back when traveling.