La Loche shooter: brain deficiencies determined youth’s FASD diagnosis
Lawyers are still determining the weight a recently disclosed Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagosis carries in the sentencing of a La Loche youth who murdered four people in January 2016.
The youth killed two brothers before arriving at the La Loche school where he shot several others, killing one teacher and a teacher’s aide. He pleaded guilty to the charges and now awaits sentencing. The Crown is pursuing to sentence the youth as an adult.
The youth cannot be identified due to provisions under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Defence witness psychiatrist Dr. Mansfield Mela was part of the team who confirmed the teen’s diagnosis and appeared via CCTV at the hearing this morning in Meadow Lake.