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LIVE: Murder trial of Carina Petrache

Reporter Bruce Laregina will be live blogging from the Ontario Superior Court.

Reporter Bruce Laregina @BruceLaregina will be reporting live at the Ontario Superior Court with updates on the Carina Petrache court case.

by The Ryersonian 3/6/2014 2:22:26 PM

3rd & 7 37yd

Const. Frank Stellato has just taken the stand to testify for the defence.

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 3:25:51 PM
The jury is currently being seated, trial will resume shortly.

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 3:25:59 PM
Stellato worked at The Toronto West Detention Centre, where Badakhshan was an inmate after the fire.

by Bruce Laregina edited by The Ryersonian 3/6/2014 3:27:29 PM
Stellato is testifying to guarantee the authenticity of accused murder Farshad Badakhshan's health records from the detention centre.

by Bruce Laregina edited by The Ryersonian 3/6/2014 3:36:29 PM
Gabid Amaral, a health information specialist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, now testifying on accuracy of Badakhshan's records.

by Bruce Laregina edited by The Ryersonian 3/6/2014 3:45:41 PM
Badakhshan received medication from CAMH years before the fire in 2010.

by Bruce Laregina edited by The Ryersonian 3/6/2014 3:47:00 PM
The cross examination of Farshad Badakhshan's mother has resumed.

by Bruce Laregina edited by The Ryersonian 3/6/2014 3:54:04 PM
Sedigheh Moradi, Farshad Badakhshan's mother, says she did not notice any changes in her son's personality when he began a degree in pharmacy at the University of Dalhousie in 2000.

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 4:11:19 PM
Moradi says she her son never blamed her for his mental illness.

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 4:20:47 PM
Badakhshan and Moradi have lived in Halifax, Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto either together or separately within the last decade.

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 4:22:46 PM
"He was just paranoid all over. One minute he was smiling and happy, the next he was angry and paranoid," says Moradi about her son in 2005.

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 4:25:43 PM
"I was afraid of him coming into my room at night and hurting me in the dark," says Moradi. "I was afraid he would hurt me."

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 4:26:37 PM
Moradi says that when her son moved in with her in Calgary in 2005, he could not hold a job due to fears about people from Halifax trying to come after him.

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 4:28:33 PM
"I knew my son was sick, I saw it on his face," says Moradi. "Farshad was a nice, kind man. After the sickness he changed and became paranoid."

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 4:29:47 PM
The trial is now in its morning recess for recess for half an hour.

by Bruce Laregina 3/6/2014 4:43:31 PM
Court adjourned for the day.

by The Ryersonian 3/6/2014 5:44:36 PM
The trial is underway for the day.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 2:57:21 PM
Sedigheh Moradi, the mother of Farshad Badakhshan, is currently testifying.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 2:59:10 PM
Badakhshan was charged when he threatened Moradi in September 2008.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 3:00:49 PM
According to Moradi, her son has no recollection of the day of the fire.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 3:03:59 PM
Moradi spoke to her son for the first time after the fire at Sunnybrook Hospital.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 3:13:04 PM
Court just heard that Moradi warned a previous girlfriend that Badakhshan was "scary" and that she should "get away."

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 3:16:03 PM
Badakhshan's injuries were so severe after the fire that Moradi wanted doctors to stop treatment and let her son die at one point.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 3:27:51 PM
"No mother wants her son to die, but he was suffering and going to jail after," said Moradi.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 3:29:18 PM
Moradi got a lawyer for Badakhshan on Sept. 27 2010. By this time, Badakhshan's condition had significantly improved.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 3:30:27 PM
Moradi says her relationship with her son over the past few years is the best it's ever been.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 3:36:35 PM
The court is in its morning recess.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 3:42:13 PM
Court has resumed from its morning recess.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 4:07:48 PM
Badakhshan picked at his wounds and made other efforts to sabotage his care while at the hospital in order to prolong his stay and avoid prison.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 4:34:22 PM
Moradi has finished her testimony, and the trial is done for the day. It will resume on March 17 at 10 a.m.

by Bruce Laregina 3/13/2014 4:38:09 PM
The trial has resumed with Lisa Ramshaw, an expert in forensic psychiatry, testifying for the defense.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 2:47:16 PM
Ramshaw has testified in hundreds of criminal cases as an expert witness to provide an opinion on whether or not defendant was criminally responsible.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 2:50:07 PM
Ramshaw just told the jury she believes Badakhshan is not criminally responsible for the murder.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 3:00:33 PM
Ramshaw has been qualified as an expert witness by the judge.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 3:00:36 PM
Dr. Ramshaw believes Badakhshan was suffering from a delusional disorder when he killed Petrache.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 3:58:06 PM
"It is my opinion that more likely than not (Badakhshan) was suffering from a mental disorder at the time," said Dr. Ramshaw.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 3:59:22 PM
"He was rendered unable to understand the wrongness of his behaviour."

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 4:04:22 PM
The trial has resumed after a one-hour lunch break.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 6:20:40 PM
"His world was closing in on him all the way up to the offence," says Dr. Ramshaw.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 6:34:22 PM
Dr. Ramshaw's direct examination has resumed.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 6:34:23 PM
"This is not the first time he's been violent or threatening. There have been lots of other documented incidents."

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 6:37:32 PM
Badakhshan suffers from the paranoia subset of delusional disorder, according to Dr. Ramshaw.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 6:39:14 PM
Dr. Ramshaw first met Badakhshan on Oct. 14, 2011 in the Toronto West Detention Centre.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 6:50:10 PM
"He laughs inappropriately when he's being assessed at times," says Dr. Ramshaw.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 6:54:09 PM
As part of his delusional disorder Badakhshan thought Petrache, his former girlfriend, was cheating on him.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 6:55:51 PM
Badakhshan broke up with Petrache several times, returning to her after a few days to get back together each time.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 6:57:18 PM
In days leading up to the fire on July 2, 2010, Badakhshan cut almost all contact with everyone he knew except for Petrache.

by Bruce Laregina 3/18/2014 7:01:34 PM
Dr. Lisa Ramshaw is now being cross-examined.

by Bruce Laregina 3/19/2014 3:56:24 PM
Dr. Ramshaw says the fact that Badakhshan's mother moved away from the family when he was young could have contributed to his anger issues.

by Bruce Laregina 3/19/2014 4:40:12 PM
"He had problems growing up, of course he's going to take that with him," says Dr. Ramshaw.

by Bruce Laregina 3/19/2014 4:43:38 PM
Badakhshan believed people were conspiring against him to get him into legal trouble prior to the fire in 2010.

by Bruce Laregina 3/19/2014 4:55:56 PM
"He's certifiable right now," says Dr. Ramshaw on Badakhshan's current mental state.

by Bruce Laregina 3/19/2014 5:00:49 PM
The trial continues with the cross examination of Dr. Angela Carter, a forensic neuropsychologist called by the Crown.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 4:14:21 PM
Carter is an expert in examining potential cases of malingering. This occurs when psychiatric patients exaggerate symptoms in order to gain a certain diagnosis.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 4:16:50 PM
Dr. Carter thinks that Badakhshan exaggerated his psychotic symptoms in order to plead not guilty of murder due to mental illness.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 4:19:47 PM
"The fit with the delusional disorder was less than I would like to see in a diagnosis," says Dr. Carter.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 4:21:33 PM
In her session with Badakhshan, Dr. Carter noted that he seemed to have an awareness of what he was saying and how that could influence his diagnosis.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 4:23:33 PM
"There were possible sane motives," says Dr. Carter on Badakhshan's killing of Petrache.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 4:24:18 PM
Dr. Carter thinks Badakhshan has a personality disorder, a far less severe illness than delusional disorder.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 4:25:49 PM
In her report on Badakhshan, Dr. Carter does not give an opinion on NCR.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 4:36:19 PM
Dr. Carter spoke with Badakhshan for about 75 minutes when doing her report.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 4:58:58 PM
The trial is now on it's lunch break and is expected to resume at 2:15.

by Bruce Laregina 3/31/2014 5:03:15 PM

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