Pierre Ny St-Amand, the man who was found not criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others after driving a city bus into a Laval daycare in 2023, is appealing his high-risk offender status.
On Monday, Ny St-Amand was granted an extension to file a notice of appeal by Justice Geneviève Marcotte of the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Ny St-Amand’s lawyers have been given until Sept. 4 to file their documents to appeal.
On March 16, Justice Éric Downs ruled that Ny St-Amand be designated a high-risk offender, which means he is to remain under more strict conditions at a Montreal psychiatric facility especially concerning absences.
Last year, it was concluded by psychiatrists that Ny St-Amand was likely experiencing psychosis at the time of the fatal Feb. 8, 2023, bus crash, and therefore unable to determine right from wrong.
Ny St-Amand remains at the Philippe Pinel Institute in Montreal.
