Hearing set for man who killed, beheaded Greyhound passenger

Advertisement

Advertise with us

The fate of Vince Li will be decided at a hearing June 1 before the Manitoba Criminal Code Review Board.

Read this article for free:

or

Already have an account? Log in here »

To continue reading, please subscribe:

Monthly Digital Subscription

$1 per week for 24 weeks*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles

*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.

Monthly Digital Subscription

$4.75/week*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles

*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.

To continue reading, please subscribe:

Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional

$1 for the first 4 weeks*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles
Start now

No thanks

*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.

Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 10/03/2009 (6056 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

The fate of Vince Li will be decided at a hearing June 1 before the Manitoba Criminal Code Review Board.

Li was found not criminally responsible last week in the slaying of Tim McLean last summer on a Greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie.

Bev Scharikow, administrator of the review board, said the board members will review the evidence and decide where Li will be sent for treatment.

John Woods / Canadian Press archives
Vince Li.
John Woods / Canadian Press archives Vince Li.

Li brutally stabbed McLean as he slept on the Greyhound bus, then later decapitated him and cannibalized him.

Court was told last week that Li is a schizophrenic who thought the voice of God told him to kill McLean.

Scharikow said the hearing will be held in a court room at the downtown Law Courts complex on Kennedy Street. The hearing will be open to the public.

Scharikow said Li will appear before a board hearing every year, where it will determine if he needs to remain institutionalized or if he is well enough to be released.

The evidence put before the board for its consideration is expected to include police reports, victim impact statements and psychiatric assessments, which say Li is a risk to himself and others.

Observers believe that the board will conclude Li must be sent to a secure psychiatric facility, either at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre or the forensic services unit at the Health Sciences Centre.

Manitoba’s review board has 81 patients under its jurisdiction. Of those, 16 were accused of murder and one was accused of manslaughter.

The nine members of the board include three lawyers, five psychiatrists and one lay member.

aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca
 

Report Error Submit a Tip