Ryan Cunneen has been found guilty of manslaughter for pushing and killing an elderly woman in a random attack on a downtown Toronto sidewalk last year and will now undergo an assessment to determine whether he was not criminally responsible at the time due to a mental disorder.
Cunneen, 39, will return to court later this year following the psychiatric assessment jointly requested by the Crown and defence. Should the judge declare him not criminally responsible, he would likely remain detained in hospital, rather than be sent to prison.
Ryan Cunneen was arrested by Toronto police in the death of 89-year-old Xiaoxia Wang on Jan. 20, 2023. On Tuesday, he was found guilty of manslaughter, with the Crown expected to ask a judge to find him not criminally responsible by way of mental illness.