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Psychiatrist Julian Gojer says Bradley House is not criminally responsible for killing Paul Pender in Haldimand County last year

A forensic psychiatrist says Bradley House did not understand what he was doing when he stabbed a man to death in Haldimand early last year.

Schizophrenia, not drugs, caused Bradley House’s ‘severe psychosis,’ says expert witness

Schizophrenia, not drugs, caused Bradley House’s ‘severe psychosis,’ says expert witness

On Oct. 30, defence attorney Beth Bromberg cross-examined forensic psychiatrist Dr. Gary Chaimowitz on the assessment he and his team did on Hamilton resident Bradley House, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Paul Pender. Pender was fatally stabbed outside of his Lake Erie cottage near Selkirk in February 2022.

Head of forensic psychiatry at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton testifies for Crown at second-degree murder trial of Bradley House, the accused in the bizarre stabbing death of award-winning winemaker Paul Pender at a cottage in Haldimand County in Feb. 2022.

Conviction of Zaineddin Al Aalak in the murder and dismemberment of his father upheld by the Alberta Court of Appeal.

Conviction of Zaineddin Al Aalak in the murder and dismemberment of his father upheld by the Alberta Court of Appeal.

Officials say they believe the cuddly Leonberger, who works in the forensic psychiatry unit, is the first dedicated therapy dog at any such hospital facility in Canada.

During the pandemic, therapeutic animal visits stopped at the St. Joseph's Healthcare West 5th campus.