The man accused in the death of peace officer Rod Lazenby has been found not criminally responsible by a Calgary judge.
Trevor Kloschinsky was facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of the former mountie back in 2012.
Lazenby, an MD of Foothills peace officer, responded to a complaint on a rural property near Priddis on August 10, 2012 and was later dropped off at a Calgary Police Service District Office in medical distress.
He died from his injuries and Kloschinsky was arrested for his murder.
Kloschinksky’s lawyer claimed he was suffering from a mental disturbance at the time and therefore was not criminally responsible for Lazenby’s death.
On Thursday, Calgary judge Beth Hughes agreed and ruled that Kloschinsky's mental state meant he probably did not realize that what he was doing was wrong.
Lazenby's family was in court for the ruling and are concerned about what happens now.
“I understand that Mr. Kloschinsky has a mental disorder. I feel that in the end, and I think that my other family members would agree, that we would’ve liked to have seen a sentence for him too, as to how long he would have to remain in a mental institution, a set guideline, as to now he goes in front of a review board and there is no set time that he stays in there and God forbid I would hate to see him walking out on the street and do this again,” said Meghan McLean, Rod Lazenby’s daughter.
Kloschinsky will be remanded to the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre.
