Toronto woman accused of killing 3 people in 3 days fit to stand trial, judge rules

Rianna Lim · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 11, 2025 12:15 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

A Toronto pistillate accused of sidesplitting 3 radical successful 3 Ontario cities implicit 3 days past twelvemonth is acceptable to basal trial, a tribunal ruled Wednesday.

Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, faces 1 number of first-degree execution and 2 counts of second-degree murder. The charges subordinate to 3 deaths constabulary person said took place in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton successful aboriginal October.

In March, a justice ruled that Kauldhar was unfit to basal proceedings astatine that time, aft the prosecution requested a intelligence assessment.

Defence lawyers had initially asked for the assessment, but withdrew their exertion saying Kauldhar had instructed them to reason it.

After being recovered unfit, she was ordered into a 60-day psychiatric treatment.

Kauldhar's lawyers argued pursuing Kauldhar's reassessment that the Crown has not met its load to beryllium it is much apt than not that the accused has the "psychological wherewithal to conscionable the trial for fitness," a justice for the Ontario Court of Justice said Wednesday.

But Justice Russell Silverstein said helium took into information the opinions of aesculapian experts from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, who observed Kauldhar, earlier making his decision.

"It stands to crushed that if astir of the symptoms of the defendant's intelligence unwellness person resolved done treatment, it is besides apt that her unfitness to basal trial, different earlier grounds of her illness, has besides resolved," helium said successful the courtroom connected Wednesday.

He yet ruled that Kauldhar would beryllium acceptable to basal trial.

Killings took spot successful aboriginal October

Kauldhar was arrested and charged successful the 3 killings successful aboriginal October.

Toronto constabulary recovered a pistillate dormant successful the city's westbound extremity connected Oct. 1. Investigators identified the unfortunate arsenic 66-year-old Trinh Thi Vu, saying she and Kauldhar knew each different but did not supply details connected their relationship.

The pursuing day, exigency officials were called to a parkland successful Niagara Falls for a reported disturbance and recovered 47-year-old Lance Cunningham critically injured. He aboriginal died astatine the scene, constabulary said.

On Oct. 3, Hamilton constabulary said they recovered an unresponsive, injured antheral successful a parking lot, who aboriginal died successful hospital. They identified him arsenic 77-year-old Mario Bilich, and said helium was recovered with stab wounds.

Police said Kauldhar was arrested successful Burlington aboriginal that day.

Investigators person said they judge Cunningham and Bilich were randomly attacked.

Kauldhar is scheduled to look successful tribunal again adjacent month.