Gordon Paul

1 day ago | therecord.com | Gordon Paul

A forensic hospital has placed more restrictions on Udo Haan, the Ontario Review Board says. Haan was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for fatally strangling his wife, Edra Haan, with a rope in 2018 and then triggering an explosion that obliterated their Kitchener house. Haan, now 65, was recently charged with three counts of disobeying an order made by the review board, which has jurisdiction over people found NCR due to a mental disorder.

3 days ago | therecord.com | Gordon Paul

An 80-year-old Elmira man, under the delusion that his daughter-in-law had taken over his bank accounts, ran an X-acto knife across the front of her neck. The woman, 51, suffered a superficial cut from under her left ear to the midsection of her neck, which caused minor bleeding, court was told. “I cut her throat,” the octogenarian told police. “My intention was to cut the jugular, I guess.”On Monday, he was found not criminally responsible (NCR) of attempted murder due to a mental disorder.

4 days ago | therecord.com | Gordon Paul

Udo Haan appeared in a St. Thomas courtroom Tuesday on three counts of disobeying an order made by the Ontario Review Board, which has jurisdiction over people found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Haan, now 65, was declared NCR for fatally strangling his wife, Edra Haan, with a rope in 2018 and then triggering an explosion that obliterated their Kitchener house. He was detained in a forensic hospital but now apparently lives in an apartment in St. Thomas.

4 days ago | therecord.com | Gordon Paul

A man with mental health issues threatened a Tim Hortons employee with a demolition hammer when she told him he missed the deadline to redeem his Roll Up to Win prize. In April, he went to the coffee shop inside Waterloo Region Health Network @ Midtown (formerly Grand River Hospital), on King Street West in Kitchener. The man, 35, produced a cup rim with a coffee prize, Kitchener court was told this week.

4 days ago | wellandtribune.ca | Gordon Paul

Udo Haan appeared in a St. Thomas courtroom Tuesday on three counts of disobeying an order made by the Ontario Review Board, which has jurisdiction over people found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Haan, now 65, was declared NCR for fatally strangling his wife, Edra Haan, with a rope in 2018 and then triggering an explosion that obliterated their Kitchener house. He was detained in a forensic hospital but now apparently lives in an apartment in St. Thomas.