Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Mike Hager
Publication Date: September 12, 2024 - 21:58
Recovery plans for accused in Vancouver knife attack were put in probation officers’ hands
September 12, 2024
The man accused of killing one man and severing the hand of another in a knife attack last week had his recent mental-health recovery plans placed in the hands of probation officers by judges, audio recordings of court proceedings show.Over the past two years, Brendan McBride, a 34-year-old who grew up in North Vancouver and had worked as a forklift driver, bounced between overstretched hospitals and police custody as he grappled with a cocaine and alcohol addiction, as well as anxiety and depression, the recordings obtained by the Globe and Mail demonstrate.
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