B.C. court acquits man of stabbing his wife, finds he was in state of ‘automatism’
VANCOUVER — A judge in British Columbia has acquitted a man of stabbing his partner with a kitchen knife, agreeing with defence arguments that the accused was in a drug and alcohol-induced state of “automatism” at the time. Jean-Luc Perignon, now in his early 60s, admits to the April 2017 stabbing at the home he […]