Not criminally responsible in beating death of elderly nun
A Quebec man has been found not criminally responsible in the brutal beating death of a 79-year-old Montreal nun over two years ago.
33-year-old Martin Rondeau was set to go on trial in the August 2007 beating death of Sister Estelle Lauzon of the Sisters of Providence.
But that was aborted when he was declared non criminally responsible by reason of mental troubles.
Two psychologists and two neurologists determined that Rondeau suffered an epileptic seizure at the time, and a dozen of them while detained awaiting trial. He claims not to remember what happened that day and didn't deny he did it.
Rondeau had been at the convent for a year, along with other men suffering from psychiatric and substance abuse problems.
"It's a rare case, it's a very disturbing case, it's a very sad case," crown prosecutor Louis Bouthillier told CJAD News.
"She had taken him under her wing, she had cared for him and she did that for all of her life, she was a very devoted person, very loving person, and he loved her very much."
The judge decides Rondeau's legal fate Wednesday.
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