MONCTON, N.B. - A New Brunswick man who killed his elderly neighbours six years ago has been ordered to remain in custody and under psychiatric care.
New Brunswick's Justice Department says a review board held a hearing in Moncton today to evaluate the psychiatric state of Gregory Despres and to determine if he presents a continued threat to the public.
Despres killed Fred Fulton and Veronica Decarie in their Minto, N.B., home in April 2005.
The 28-year-old was deemed not criminally responsible for his actions following his second trial.
A judge ruled that Despres was suffering from delusions at the time of the offence stemming from paranoid schizophrenia.
The board determines whether offenders deemed not criminally responsible should be held in custody for treatment, released into the community on conditions, or released without conditions.
Despres will remain in custody in the acute psychiatric wing of the Shepody Healing Centre, a secure health-care facility at Dorchester Penitentiary.
He will be reviewed again in 2013.
