New Trial for Quebec Sword Attack Convict

0:00It's March 31st, I'm Cory with the story. This is Canada News Today, driven by AI. Quebec's Court of Appeal just ordered a new trial for Carl Gerroard, convicted of killing two folks and injuring five others in a sword attack on. Halloween night in Quebec City, back in 2020. A jury nailed him in 2022 on two first-degree murders and five attempted murders, slapping him with life in prison and no parole for, 25 years. Countries of victims like 56-year-old museum worker François Dishin and 61-year-old hairdresser Suzanne Claremont are reeling from this. Twist, as the horror unfolded right in the historic quarter near Les Chateaux, Frontenac. GERWAR confessed to the rampage, but his defense claimed a mental disorder meant he wasn't criminally responsible, while prosecutors said his actions. Showed he knew, right from wrong. The appeals judges ruled the trial judge blew it by not clearly instructing jurors they couldn't use, his silence and police questioning to assume.

1:01Guilt, so now the case heads back to court for round two.