Depression clouded judgment of man accused of killing ailing wife: psychiatrist
MONTREAL — A man on trial for second-degree murder was suffering from depression that affected his ability to make decisions on the day he smothered his ailing wife with a pillow, a jury heard Wednesday.
But Michel Cadotte was not psychotic and knew right from wrong, a psychiatrist testifying as an expert witness for the defence said.
“He is disturbed, but not enough to say that he has completely lost it,” Louis Morissette said of Cadotte’s state of mind at the time of his wife’s death on Feb. 20, 2017.