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B.C. review board finds suspected police killer unfit for trial
The ruling keeps Jongwon Ham at a forensic psychiatric hospital for at least one year after a judge found delusional thinking made trial impossible.
- The British Columbia Review Board ordered Jongwon Ham detained at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam for at least one year in a ruling effective July 16, following an April finding that Ham is unfit to stand trial.
- Ham faces first-degree murder charges in the Oct. 18, 2022, killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang, a 31-year-old mental health worker stabbed to death while assisting a City of Burnaby employee with an eviction at Broadview Park.
- An April B.C. Supreme Court judge found Ham was "clearly overwhelmed by delusional thinking," which would prevent him from making rational decisions during trial, and referred his case to the Review Board.
- B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office reported in December 2022 that Yang shot and wounded the suspect during the encounter, finding no reasonable grounds to believe the shooting constituted an offence.
- A regimental funeral for Yang was held on November 2, 2022, in Richmond, reflecting community mourning, while Ham remains in psychiatric custody pending annual review of his fitness disposition.
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B.C. Review Board finds man charged with killing Burnaby RCMP officer unfit for trial
A man accused of first-degree murder in the 2022 killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park has been found unfit for trial by the British Columbia Review Board and has been ordered held in custody.
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B.C. review board finds suspected police killer unfit for trial
A man accused of first-degree murder in the 2022 killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park has been found unfit for trial by the British Columbia
·Toronto, Canada
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