Bus driver in Quebec daycare killings unable to tell right from wrong: second expert [Video]

A second psychiatrist told a trial on Tuesday that the man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare was unable to distinguish right from wrong.

Dr. Sylvain Faucher testified that Pierre Ny St-Amand was experiencing psychotic symptoms on Feb. 8, 2023 and should not be held criminally responsible — meaning a mental disorder rendered him incapable of appreciating the nature of his actions or knowing they were wrong.

After Crown prosecutor Karine Dalphond read out the definition of not criminally responsible in the Laval, Que., courtroom, Faucher replied: “I believe he responds to that.”

Ny St-Amand, 53, is accused of ramming a bus into the Laval daycare, killing a four-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl. After the crash, Ny St-Amand stood inside the mangled bus and undressed, speaking and yelling incoherently before being subdued by parents on the …