Pierre Ny St-Amand, the man who drove a bus into a Laval daycare in 2023, killing two young children and injuring six others, has been declared a high-risk accused.

The designation means that Ny St-Amand, who was declared not criminally responsible for the deaths, will remain in a psychiatric facility under strict constraints.

The defence had argued that declaring Ny St-Amand a high-risk accused would violate his Charter rights because the status assumes that he is irredeemable.

Judge Éric Downs ruled that the designation is constitutional.

Last April, Downs ruled that St-Amand was not criminally responsible for the daycare attack because he had likely been in psychosis.

More to come.