Hey there, time traveller!

This article was published 24/2/2015 (1464 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

The son of Manitoba’s conservation minister has been found not criminally responsible for robbing a Winnipeg credit union while claiming he had a bomb in his briefcase.

Gordon Mackintosh, 24, learned his fate Tuesday. Doctors told court that Mackintosh was suffering major side-effects of medication treating his anxiety and depression which left him unable to appreciate his actions. They concluded Mackintosh was in a state of "delirium” at the time because the dose had been halved and he began taking it every other day.

Court of Queen's Bench Justice Rick Saull took no issue with the medical reports in making his finding. Mackintosh will now be under the care of the provincial review board but is likely to remain free in the community, as he has since shortly after his arrest.

Unlike other NCR cases, Mackintosh is not suffering from a major mental illness which requires ongoing treatment.