Second-degree murder charge to proceed against Mohamed Issak

Blair Rhodes · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 21, 2025 3:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

A murder complaint volition proceed successful the Nova Scotia courts against a antheral who's been recovered not criminally liable for erstwhile acts of violence. 

Mohamed Issak, 32, was charged with second-degree execution successful December.

The complaint stems from an battle astatine the East Coast Forensic Hospital, Nova Scotia's lone unafraid psychiatric facility, past May.

Both Issak and the unfortunate of the assault, Allen Nickerson, were patients astatine the hospital. Nickerson had been admitted aft being recovered not criminally liable successful the sidesplitting of his mother, Margaret Nickerson, successful 1994.

Issak became a diligent aft being recovered not criminally liable connected charges of battle with a limb and breach of probation from an incidental successful 2016.

Issak was initially charged with aggravated battle for the incidental involving Nickerson.

But erstwhile the older antheral died of his injuries, and the aesculapian examiner ruled the decease a homicide, the complaint was upgraded to murder.

The Crown has preferred an indictment, meaning determination volition beryllium nary preliminary inquiry.

The lawsuit was successful 2 courtrooms this week.

In Nova Scotia Supreme Court connected Thursday, lawyers agreed to conscionable with a justice successful May to sermon the case.

The substance volition past instrumentality to unfastened tribunal connected May 22 to find wherever it goes next.

Issak is besides facing a complaint of assaulting a bid officer. That substance volition instrumentality to Dartmouth provincial tribunal connected April 17.

Issak remains successful custody successful the meantime.