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Dec 4, 2019 11 tweets 2 min read Read on X
In #Fredericton court for a Matthew Vincent Raymond appearance.

Two months ago, Raymond was sent for treatment after being found unfit to stand trial.

Background: atlantic.ctvnews.ca/jury-finds-mat…

@CTVAtlantic
Raymond has entered the courtroom. He’s clean-cut, wearing prison orange and is looking down.
Defence lawyer Nathan Gorham and Crown Darlene Blunston are here, but court proceedings haven’t begun.
Justice Fred Ferguson has entered the courtroom.
Justice Ferguson acknowledges today marks day 60 for Raymond’s treatment order.
Mostly administrative discussions today.

But at issue, there isn’t a report that’s followed Raymond’s release from treatment. The court is trying to track down the doctor.
Court will come back on Dec 18 in the afternoon. Between now and then, they are, again, asking the doctor to submit a report.
Defence lawyer Nathan Gorham says the court is waiting on information from the hospital that treated Raymond as to how that treatment went.

"The doctors would usually return a report by this point in time ... but I expect that we'll get it in the next few days."
Justice Ferguson and the lawyers discussed the possibility of having another fitness hearing after receiving the information from the hospital.

Gorham says a decision on that will be made at a later date.
A disposition hearing could be held. Gorham explains that it allows either a Judge or Review Board to order where Raymond remains over the next few months and if he's going to receive certain treatment.
All that will be determined after the information from the doctor is received. Justice Fred Ferguson said:

"It's not as if this is not a serious case...We want a report and we want it as soon as possible and by that I want it in less than a week."

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Oct 22, 2020
Insp. Kimberly Quartermain, a critical incident commander, says it was a male who was barricaded today in his own home, but voluntarily left around 3:40 today.

@CTVAtlantic
It was a neighbour who contacted the police. They saw a male with a firearm. Not sure if it was outside or inside the residence. The male is 28 years old, and police “have had previous contact” with him.
Police are aware of two long guns, a bullet proof vest and knives in the residence. The residence is still being secured. No shots were fired.
Read 5 tweets
Oct 22, 2020
I'm back in court this afternoon for the Matthew Raymond trial -
Jury is in the room, cross examination has continued of Alex Pate. The Crown is asking about prior interviews/court appearances where Raymond was upset, spoke out, and in some cases, yelled during a proceeding.
We're listening to another audio recording, from June 18, 2019.

Justice Ferguson is explaining to Raymond that what he says in the courtroom can be used as evidence. Raymond says he has been asking to speak to his lawyer.
Crown completes its questions.
Defence begins again.
Read 7 tweets
Oct 21, 2020
Back from lunch.
Jury is in the room.

Brother-in-law is still on the stand.
We can identify him only as Jeffrey because of a publication ban.

He says he recalls Raymond talking about the earth being flat and conspiracies that high-level government workers ran the world.
"When we came in he always told us to turn our phones off or put them in the truck off the car...I told him no one's listening to him, no one cares...he just had it in his head that he knew things."
Read 31 tweets
Oct 21, 2020
In court for the Matthew Raymond trial. Jury is in the room.

Alex Pate will not be on the stand this morning. Instead, family members of Raymond’s are taking the stand. @CTVAtlantic
First, Raymond’s sister. She’s the youngest of three siblings, Raymond is the oldest. The middle brother is in Victoria.
She’s audibly and visibly nervous on the stand. There is a publication ban on her last name.
Read 78 tweets
Sep 23, 2020
We’ve resumed testimony in the trial of Matthew Vincent Raymond.

Brendan Doyle has been excused.

Crown has now called Justin McLean to the stand.
McLean says he lived at 237 Brookside Dr. He says he was waking up to go to work on the morning of August 10.

“I woke up to the sound of gunshots.”
McLean is being shown an aerial photo of 237 Brookside.

He’s asked which building and where his unit was.

Says he was in the basement of one of the buildings. He looked out the window:

“I saw a police officer with a gun pointed upwards.”
Read 47 tweets
Sep 23, 2020
Court has resumed this morning for the trial of Matthew Vincent Raymond.

I feel I should say, some of what I’ll be tweeting over this trial will be difficult to read and potentially triggering. Please keep that in mind if you’re following along. (File photo)

@CTVAtlantic
“We didn’t know what we were going in for...”

A paramedic who responded August 10/2018 is the first to take the stand this morning. She says at about 10:30 this morning “things actually started happening.”
She describes learning that her ambulance would be transporting the suspect to hospital. It was her second day on the ambulance.

“I was only in charge of taking vitals...and then they started...doing their head to toe assessment.”

“He was very coherent, very calm.”
Read 39 tweets

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