Annual review off for mentally ill B.C. father who killed his three children

Jul 26, 2016 | 6:10 PM

VANCOUVER — An annual hearing to review the confinement of a mentally ill British Columbia man who killed his three children has been adjourned for 10 months.

The province’s Criminal Justice Branch says Allan Schoenborn consented to delaying this Thursday’s hearing while B.C. Crown lawyers seek to have him designated a “high-risk” accused, tightening his restrictions for confinement.

Schoenborn’s last annual review at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital near Vancouver upset family members of his victims because he asked to be granted supervised outings into the community.

Schoenborn was successful in his bid last year — although he hasn’t yet left the hospital grounds — and a court proceeding in May heard his treatment team was planning to oppose that privilege this year.