Filmmaker Emmanuel Gendron-Tardif, accused of murdering his mother, was declared unfit to appear in court on Tuesday morning. The 28-year-old’s mental state will need to be reassessed in the coming weeks.
Emmanuel Gendron-Tardif is accused of stabbing his mother Lysane Gendron to death on January 25 in Montreal. The 61-year-old woman was well known in the municipal community in Laval, where she worked as an assistant director.
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The victim, Lysane Gendron
The filmmaker was back in court Tuesday morning at the Montreal courthouse. According to experts from the Philippe-Pinel National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, Emmanuel Gendron-Tardif is not fit to appear at this time.
Judge Suzanne Costom then entrusted the accused to the care of the Pinel Institute for a period of 30 days. Psychiatrists will try to stabilize his condition and will have to reassess his fitness to appear. Until the accused is declared fit, the file will remain at this stage of the proceedings.
The case will return on March 28. Me Anne-Andrée Charrette represents the public ministry.