Toronto woman accused of killing Hamilton teacher, two others, fit to stand trial

A Toronto woman accused of killing three people in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara over three days is fit to stand trial, a court ruled Wednesday.

Sabrina Kauldhar is alleged to have gone on a killing spree in October 2024, murdering her 66-year-old roommate Trinh Thi Vu in Toronto before travelling to Hamilton and Niagara, where she is believed to have killed two other people.

She is also facing charges related to the murders of 47-year-old Lance Cunningham of Niagara, and 77-year-old Mario Bilich of Hamilton.

Investigators said they believe the attacks on Cunningham and Bilich were random.

In March, a judge ruled that Kauldhar was unfit to stand trial at the time, after the prosecution requested a psychological assessment.

Defence lawyers had initially asked for the assessment, but withdrew their application saying Kauldhar had instructed them to oppose it.

Kauldhar was ordered into a 60-day psychiatric treatment after being found unfit.

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Kauldhar’s lawyers argued following Kauldhar’s reassessment that the Crown has not met its burden to prove it is more likely than not that the accused has the “psychological wherewithal to meet the test for fitness,” a judge for the Ontario Court of Justice said Wednesday.

But Justice Russell Silverstein said he took into consideration the opinions of medical experts from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health who observed Kauldhar before making his decision.

“It stands to reason that if most of the symptoms of the defendant’s mental illness have resolved through treatment, it is also likely that her unfitness to stand trial, another earlier symptom of her illness, has also resolved,” he said in a Toronto courtroom Wednesday.

He ultimately ruled that Kauldhar would be fit to stand trial.

With files from The Canadian Press.

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