Killer has attacked, threatened psychiatrists

Gregory Allan Despres, 42, formerly of Minto, deemed not criminally responsible for killing elderly next-door neighbours in April 2005; review board denies latest transfer request

Warning: This story includes graphic details about violent murders.

A schizophrenic killer found not criminally responsible for his murderous actions in Minto in 2005 will remain in a prison hospital despite clashes and violence toward the doctors treating him.

Gregory Allan Despres, 42, formerly of Minto, appeared by video conference in a Moncton courtroom Wednesday for his latest hearing before the New Brunswick review board.

U.S. border agents took this photo of Gregory Allan Despres in April 2005 when he crossed into the United States after he had slaughtered his elderly next-door neighbours in Minto. (Photo: Submitted)

He was appearing from the Shepody Healing Centre, a secure health-care facility at Dorchester Penitentiary.

Despres was found not criminally responsible in March 2008 on two counts of first-degree murder in the April 2005 deaths of Fred “Papa” Fulton and Veronica “Verna” DeCarie in their Slope Road home in Minto.