Man accused of stabbing teen says he hears voices ‘every hour of the day’
COQUITLAM, B.C. — A man with schizophrenia accused of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old girl inside a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., says he’s eager to face the charges against him but he still hears voices.
Gabriel Klein, 22, mumbled short answers to questions during a review board hearing Thursday at a forensic psychiatric hospital to determine his mental fitness to stand trial.
He wants a trial as soon as possible, he said, but added court is “stressful” and he has trouble concentrating because the voices are perpetually distracting him.
“I experience it every day, every hour of the day,” said Klein, his eyes glassy and hair unkempt.