Man accused of killing Red Deer doctor claimed he was seeking revenge for chemical castration
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The man accused of killing a 45-year-old Red Deer doctor last year told police he did it to seek revenge for being chemically castrated in the Red Deer Hospital years earlier.
Deng Mabiour was supposed to go on trial later this month to face a first-degree murder charge in the death of Dr. Walter Reynolds.
Mabiour died in custody while in hospital earlier this month and the jury trial was cancelled.
His cause of death has not been formally released, but court had been told earlier that he was receiving treatment for cancer.
A transcript of Mabiour's interview with RCMP was released by Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta to CBC News on Monday.
The Crown was planning to use it at trial after Justice Paul Belzil ruled it admissible.
Mabiour attacked Reynolds with a hammer and a machete in an examination room in a Red Deer walk-in clinic on August 10, 2020. Reynolds later died at hospital.
Hours after the attack, Mabiour was questioned extensively by Cpl. James McConnell and Cpl. Chris Temporal.
The transcript is 184-pages long.
Mabiour told Temporal in a rambling interview that in 2012 he was sick with Hodgkin's disease.
He said his test results were sent to Dr. Willem Grabe at the Village Mall walk-in clinic. Mabiour claimed that Grabe made an appointment for him at the Red Deer Hospital.
"This appointment is castration, to castrate me," he told the RCMP, adding that the doctor at the hospital told him he was being treated for cancer.
Mabiour said he was in extreme pain with swelling the next day so he went to the walk-in clinic and saw Reynolds. Mabiour said Reynolds gave him some pills that failed to reduce the swelling.
Mabiour said once he completed treatment at the hospital, he filed a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
This First Person column is the experience of Shannon Flaman, who lives in Red Deer, Alta. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
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