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Woman accused of killing 3 people fit to stand trial, court rules [Video]

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A Toronto woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days last year is fit to stand trial, a court ruled Wednesday.

Sabrina Kauldhar faces one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder. The charges relate to three deaths police have said took place over three consecutive days in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton in early October.

In March, a judge ruled that Kauldhar was unfit to stand trial at that time, after the prosecution requested a psychological assessment.

Defence lawyers had initially asked for the assessment, but withdrew their application saying Kauldhar had instructed them to oppose it.

After being found unfit, she was ordered into a 60-day psychiatric treatment.

Kauldhar’s lawyers argued following Kauldhar’s reassessment that the Crown has not met its burden to prove it is more likely than not that the accusedhas the “psychological wherewithal to meet the test for fitness,” a …

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