The CKCO television news is reporting that Peter Fonteece was charged with counseling suicide. The Canadian law forbids aiding, abetting and counselling suicide. He was also charged with criminal negligence causing death.
Link to the CKCO television report:
http://southwesternontario.ctv.ca/news.php?id=3929
The following text is from the Canwest News Service
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — A Waterloo, Ont., man charged with assisted suicide was ordered Friday to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment.
Peter Bernard Fonteece, 46, appeared Friday morning in court in Thunder Bay, Ont. for a bail hearing, police said.
Fonteece has also been charged with criminal negligence causing death charged in connection with the death of his wife, whose body police found on Friday.
Yanisa Fonteece, 38, was found dead in a room at a Super 8 Motel in Thunder Bay, about 600 kilometres east of Winnipeg.
Peter Fonteece's next court date is scheduled for March 13.
Link to article from the canwest news service:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/charged+with+assisted+suicide+have+psychiatric+assessment/1287279/story.html
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