The young woman suspected of stabbing her mother to death in the shared Parc Extension apartment was taken to the National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry Philippe-Pinel so that her criminal responsibility could be assessed.
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Amel Benali, 26, is currently facing a single aggravated assault charge for allegedly stabbing his neighbor in a block of flats on Rue de Liège Ouest in Montreal yesterday afternoon.
She was arrested by police at around 1.30pm after a witness saw an altercation between her and a man who lives in the same building. In a context that remains nebulous, Benali would have at least stabbed his neighbor in the collarbone. He suffered life-threatening injuries, police said.
Photo agency QMI, Mario Beauregard
For a couple of hours
Shortly thereafter, police discovered the body of Luiza Ouali, the defendant’s mother, in the apartment where they both lived. The uneventful 54-year-old victim was reportedly stabbed hours or even days earlier.
Amel Benali is not currently charged with her mother’s murder, but she remains the prime suspect, our sources point out.
schizophrenia
At the request of the defense when he appeared at the Montreal courthouse this morning, an assessment of his criminal responsibility was requested.
According to our information, she had a psychiatric history and would suffer from schizophrenia.
The young woman will therefore spend the next 30 days at the National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry Philippe-Pinel to be received by professionals. She will therefore face the judge again on March 22 for the remainder of the trial.
When the journal was passed through the apartment building this morning, the neighbors were quite stingy with their comments. However, some of them mentioned noticing his erratic behavior in the past.
– With Maxime Deland, Agency QMI
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