The man accused of two counts of murder in a Halloween night sabre attack in Quebec City in 2020 doesn’t deny the acts he’s accused of, the judge noted at the opening of his trial today.
Lawyers for 26-year-old Carl Girouard intend to argue that because of his mental state at the time of the attack he should be found not criminally responsible on the two first-degree murder and five attempted murder charges he faces.
