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Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor
The Crown says evidence shows Inderdeep Singh Gosal kept taking schizophrenia medication and intended bodily harm in the 2023 stabbing death of Paul Schmidt.
- On Wednesday, prosecutor Daniel Pruim argued before B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker that Inderdeep Singh Gosal was consistently taking his schizophrenia medication, contradicting the defendant's testimony he had stopped treatment months before the Vancouver Starbucks killing.
- Defense lawyer Gloria Ng argued Tuesday that Gosal should be convicted of manslaughter, claiming his actions were an "overreaction due to mental illness" rather than a "deliberate intent to kill" Paul Schmidt on March 26, 2023.
- Forensic psychiatrists Dr. Johann Brink and Dr. Rakesh Lamba agreed Gosal did not have "psychosis," a finding Pruim used to argue Gosal lied to doctors and the court to manipulate trial outcome.
- Co-Counsel Karin Blok told Justice Ker on Tuesday that Gosal is unreliable and intended to cause Schmidt bodily harm, citing how he changed his story about finding the murder weapon as a "sign from God."
- The judge-alone trial now moves toward a verdict following closing arguments. Gosal pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in February, and Justice Ker must determine if his actions constituted deliberate killing or resulted from mental illness.
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Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor
A prosecutor in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver Starbucks patron to death says the evidence doesn’t establish that the suspect had stopped taking his schizophrenia medication months earlier, as he had testified.
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Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — A prosecutor in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver Starbucks patron to death says the evidence doesn’t establish that the suspect had stopped taking his schizophrenia medication months earlier, as he had testified. Daniel Pruim says Inderdeep Singh Gosal is prepared to lie when it benefits him and “use his mental health to achieve goals.” Gosal pleaded not guilty in February to second-degree murder, in a killing that w…
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