A Winnipeg man who admitted to killing four women but wants a trial to find him not guilty of murder because of mental illness is to learn his fate July 11.
Justice Glenn Joyal set the date after hearing final arguments from Crown and defence lawyers in the case of Jeremy Skibicki.
Skibicki, 37, is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of the four Indigenous women in 2022.
His lawyers have admitted that he carried out the slayings but argue he should be found not criminally responsible. A forensic psychiatrist for the defence testified Skibicki was suffering from schizophrenia at the time of the killings.
91裸聊视频淒elusions are driving a lot of what (Skibicki) is doing,91裸聊视频� lawyer Leonard Tailleur told the trial Monday.
Court has heard Skibicki told Dr. Sohom Das that he felt compelled to kill the women because he was on a mission from God and heard auditory hallucinations coaxing him to kill.
Das testified that, in his assessment, Skibicki knew what he was doing at the time was legally wrong but lacked the capacity to know it was morally wrong.
Prosecutors argued the opposite, presenting DNA, video surveillance and witness evidence to assert Skibicki had the mental capacity and awareness to commit and cover up the killings.
They characterized the killings as racially motivated and said Skibicki preyed on the women at homeless shelters.
The Crown put forward a court-appointed psychiatrist, Dr. Gary Chaimowitz.
He told court that he believes Skibicki was driven to kill the women because he suffers from paraphilic, homicidal necrophilia disorder. People with the rare disorder, he said, get aroused by having sex with someone they91裸聊视频檝e killed.
Chaimowitz also said Skibicki knew the killings were wrong.
Prosecutor Renee Lagimodiere said Skibicki91裸聊视频檚 desire for power and control were intertwined in all four killings.
91裸聊视频淭his is an individual that doesn91裸聊视频檛 have schizophrenia. That91裸聊视频檚 the end of it,91裸聊视频� said Lagimodiere.
Skibicki is charged in the deaths of Rebecca Contois, 24; Morgan Harris, 39; Marcedes Myran, 26; and an unidentified woman an Indigenous grassroots community has named Mashkode Bizhiki91裸聊视频檌kwe, or Buffalo Woman.
The killings came to light after the partial remains of Contois were found in a garbage bin in Skibicki91裸聊视频檚 neighbourhood in May 2022. More of her remains were discovered at a city-run landfill the following month.
The remains of Harris and Myran are believed to be at a different landfill. It91裸聊视频檚 not known where Buffalo Woman91裸聊视频檚 remains are located.
Court heard Skibicki91裸聊视频檚 computer included online searches for garbage pickup times and other forensic information.
There was also a computer search for 91裸聊视频渄efinition of a serial killer.91裸聊视频�
Prosecutor Chris Vanderhooft told court he has an answer.
91裸聊视频淭he answer, Mr. Skibicki, is you.91裸聊视频�
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