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Autistic Boy's Killer Not Criminally Responsible

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Ruth Noyes

A judge has found Noyes, 43, not criminally responsible because of a

mental disorder in the slaying of a 12-year-old autistic boy in Grand Forks,

B.C.

Fulton disappeared from the front step of

his family's condominium in August 2009. His body was found two days later in

Noyes's townhome just a few doors away, in the southern Interior town.

Noyes admitted to police that she killed

Fulton in her condo with a kitchen knife. Her videotaped confession was not

challenged during the trial, which wrapped up Friday in Rossland, B.C.

Judge Mark McEwan found she was not

responsible for her actions because of her mental state at the time of the

killing.

Noyes's lawyer Deanne Gafar said the judgment

is reasonable under Canadian law.

Gafar said that for a person to be found

criminally responsible, they must voluntarily and intentionally commit the

crime.

" In this particular case, [Noyes's]

mental disorder is not an excuse, it's an explanation, " Gafar said.

" The finding of not criminally

responsible is an additional element to our normal findings of either guilty

or not guilty. Not criminally responsible is an additional ground that is

based in our criminal law and has been so for centuries. "

Noyes will be sent for psychiatric evaluation

by a panel of three doctors within 45 days. She will be held in custody

indefinitely, until experts rule she is no longer a danger to the public.

Suffered from mental illness During the trial,

both the Crown and the defence lawyers said Noyes

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