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The man who carried out the attack on the Toronto van, which saw 10 dead and 16 injured, was found guilty of all 26 charges. A timetable for the conviction will come on March 18.
Justice Anne Molloy, who asked journalists not to publish the perpetrator’s name, handed down the verdict on Wednesday.
Molloy said it was more about whether the perpetrator knew the crime was morally wrong than legal. This would mean that he lacked rational perception and therefore rational choice, being unable to rationally evaluate what he was doing.
Molloy said it was clear to her that she knew the actions would be seen “by the vast majority of society as morally wrong.”
Molloy said he found that the defense failed to prove that the perpetrator did not know that his crimes were morally wrong.
“He knew it was legally wrong to kill people, he also knew that his plan to flee and kill people was a first-degree crime … That’s why Mr. Doe tried to kill the cop. “Molloy said.
The culprit has already admitted to renting a van and driving it on the North York sidewalk in April 2018, intentionally hitting civilians and killing mostly women. The shocking incident has been described by many as an “incel” terrorist attack.
Incels, a mixture of “involuntary celibacy,” usually describes a young man who cannot attract women sexually.
Molloy also said that the perpetrator rented the van more than three weeks before the attack and intentionally sought a van large enough to cause maximum possible damage, but small enough to maneuver on sidewalks and make sharp turns.
The culprit’s lawyers claimed that his autism made it impossible for him to recognize the severity of his actions, which Molloy said the defense did not do.
It is the first major case in which an autism spectrum disorder has been used in an attempt to find someone who is not criminally responsible for a crime in Canada, according to CTV.
Canada’s Criminal Code says that not being criminally liable means that someone is “unable to appreciate the nature and quality of the act or omission or to know that he was wrong.”