Accused murderer was psychotic: Psychiatrist
The psychiatrist who performed a psychiatric assessment on a Red Deer man charged in the stabbing death of a local woman says he should not be held criminally responsible.
Dr. Yuri Metelitsa testified Wednesday at the trial for 27-year-old Jordan Koizumi.
Koizumi has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder in relation to the death of 50-year-old Tina Pfeiffer on Oct. 27, 2016. The defence says he should not be held criminally responsible due to mental health reasons, including a paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis in 2012.
Metelitsa was asked by both the Crown and defence about statements Koizumi made during his arrest, audio from which was heard earlier in the trial, where he admitted that he “killed” and “murdered” Pfeiffer. That prompted suggestions he could have been more aware of what he was doing compared to what being in a state of psychosis might suggest.