Winnipeg man pleads not-guilty in killing of parents and attack on nurse
Posted October 16, 2023 12:02 pm.
Last Updated October 16, 2023 12:53 pm.
WINNIPEG — Lawyers for a man accused of killing his parents and attacking a nurse at a Winnipeg hospital nearly two years ago say he is not criminally responsible due to mental illness.
Trevor Farley has been charged with first-degree murder in his mother’s death, second-degree murder in his father’s death and attempted murder in a stabbing at Seven Oaks General Hospital.
Farley appeared in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench before Justice Kenneth Champagne and pleaded not-guilty to the charges.
Mounties were called on Oct. 27, 2021 to do a wellness check in the Rural Municipality of Hanover, south of the city, and found 73-year-old Judy Swain dead.
Police then responded to an assault of a woman in her 60s at the hospital where Farley worked.
In the hours following Trevor Farley’s arrest, police made their way to a home in Winnipeg’s West End neighbourhood, where they found the body of 73-year-old Stuart Farley.
A mental health assessment was ordered shortly after the arrest.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2023.
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