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Man who spent 4 years in solitary in Thunder Bay to receive psychiatric assessment

Adam Capay's case has made headlines across Canada
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Adam Capay is brought into the Ontario Court of Justice on June 6, 2012.

THUNDER BAY - After spending four years in solitary confinement, Adam Capay will again undergo a psychiatric assessment to determine if he is fit to stand trial.

Capay appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice on Tuesday to face a first-degree murder charge from 2012.

He was charged in connection with the murder of 35-year-old Sherman Quisses, who died during an altercation at the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre in June, 2012.

Capay, now 24-years-old, underwent a psychiatric evaluation in 2015 that determined he was mentally fit to stand trial. At the request of his attorney, a new psychiatric evaluation will be conducted. 

The trial has been delayed several times since Capay was first charged at the age of 19 and he has spent the last four years in a plexiglass cell with lights on 24-hours a day at the Thunder Bay District Jail.

The target trial date is scheduled for Mar. 20, 2017 but could be delayed based on the results of Capay's assessment. A status hearing on Capay’s psychiatric assessment will go before the court on Jan. 30.

The specifics of the assessment are under a publication ban.


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