Judge rules homeless man not criminally responsible for fatal stabbing
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled a homeless man can’t be held criminally responsible for a fatal stabbing two years ago because he was suffering from a mental disorder.
David Van Den Brink was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Wells Gallagher, who was killed in Langley on June 1, 2015.
Justice Austin Cullen says in a written decision released Monday that the “disturbing and tragic event” involved Gallagher being attacked without any apparent provocation or reason.
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