Veltman was focused on obsessions not on consequences, psychiatrist testifies
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Dr. Julian Gojer returned to the witness box Thursday afternoon in a Windsor, Ont. courtroom in the ongoing trial of Nathaniel Veltman.
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Dr. Julian Gojer returned to the witness box Thursday afternoon in a Windsor, Ont. courtroom in the ongoing trial of Nathaniel Veltman.
The 22-year-old has pleaded not guilty to four counts of terrorism-motivated first-degree murder and one count of terrorism-motivated attempted murder for the June 6, 2021 attack on the Afzaal family in London, Ont.
Four members of their family died, grandmother Talat, her son Salman, his wife Madiha and their 15-year-old daughter Yumnah, while a fifth family member — a nine-year-old son — suffered serious but survivable injuries.
Veltman has admitted in court he drove his pickup into the family while they waited to cross a busy city street.
Gojer told the jury Veltman’s description of his state of mind being in a “dream-like state” at the time of the attack is indicative of him focusing on his obsessions and not fully considering the consequences of his actions.
Court has heard at the time, Veltman had strong far-right views about the world, including his belief that mainstream media was not reporting on “minority on white” person crimes.
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