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Calgary rejected not criminally responsible defence, finds man guilty of murder
BY The Canadian Press, May 5, 2025 1:06 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Adenyi has said he was hallucinating and believed he was attacking a creature when he attacked the woman and his lawyers say he is not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.(Photo: The Canadian Press)
A jury has found a Calgary man guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a woman on a downtown street three years ago. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Adenyi is charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 death of fitness instructor Vanessa Ladouceur on a downtown street.
Adenyi has said he was hallucinating and believed he was attacking a creature when he attacked the woman and his lawyers say he is not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
He followed Ladouceur for nearly two blocks before body checking her into an alcove and stabbing her several times, including six wounds to the face. She died from a loss of blood.
The jury rejected the not criminally responsible plea and convicted him of first-degree murder. A sentencing date will be set on May 9.
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