When 23‑year‑old Kenneth Parks drove across Toronto in the early hours of May 24, 1987, he wasn’t conscious—or so he claimed. By sunrise, his mother‑in‑law was dead, his father‑in‑law gravely injured, and Parks himself was standing in a police station, confused and covered in blood. What followed became one of Canada’s most controversial courtroom battles: could a man commit murder while sleepwalking?

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https://apnews.com/article/c7c3bc37038fdde048fd8e3caf3c84ee

https://dokumen.pub/canadian-landmark-cases-in-forensic-mental-health-9781487536077.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Parks

https://www.cwsdefense.com/blog/2024/september/understanding-the-sleepwalking-defense/

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