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I called the hospital to write about him. He wanted to sing me a song (opens the original)
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Susan Clairmont is a columnist at The Hamilton Spectator. sclairmont@thespec.com. McDonald Lawrence Seales ordered his lawyer not to speak with me. I call his number and a St. Josephâs Healthcare staff member answers. They seem surprised when I ask for Seales. Seales, 78, has been locked in forensic psychiatric hospitals around the province for 46 years. Ever since he killed his ex-wife. I am writing a story about Seales because, though I often write about patients who have been found not crim
Ontario killer's psychiatric care cost taxpayers an estimated $639,000 last year. He's been hospitalized since 1979 (opens the original)
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Susan Clairmont is a columnist at The Hamilton Spectator. sclairmont@thespec.com One day in 1979, McDonald Lawrence Seales was out on a pass from a psychiatric hospital in London. He took a bus to Toronto, stole a knife and used it to kill his ex-wife in front of their son. He has been in the forensic psychiatric system ever since. It took a jury mere minutes to find him ânot guilty by reason of insanityâ (NGRI), as it was then called. For more than 46 years, doctors at hospitals across Onta
Child abuser on house arrest goes AWL (opens the original)
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Susan Clairmont is a columnist at The Hamilton Spectator. sclairmont@thespec.com An abusive mother on house arrest went to the beach anyway. That âblatant breachâ of her court conditions has landed her in prison until Nov. 2027. The mother â known in court documents only as H.A. to protect the identity of her children â was caught on camera beating her small sons 54 times. She pleaded guilty to nine assaults â three of those using a weapon. On April 1, H.A. asked the court to remove he
I was in New York on 9/11. Here's what I remember, and what's changed (opens the original)
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Susan Clairmont is a columnist at The Hamilton Spectator. sclairmont@thespec.com Paper rains through dust and smoke at the World Trade Center. It is an image weâve seen many times before. As the twin towers crumble on that glorious Tuesday morning 25 years ago, and everything changes for everybody everywhere, the paperwork of thousands of office workers becomes a terrifying tickertape parade heralding in a new life. For some reason, this year â this anniversary â the sight of all that pape
Bryan Hayward pleads guilty in sexual assault case; Crown seeks dangerous offender designation (opens the original)
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Susan Clairmont is a columnist at The Hamilton Spectator. sclairmont@thespec.com Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault Details of the rapes Bryan Hayward committed against a dozen women are so disturbing the judge did not want to view the evidence. âFrankly, Iâd rather not watch it,â Ontario Court Justice Michael Wendl told the court. âBut I have to.â Hayward has confessed to drugging women, recording himself raping them, then posting at least 22 videos on
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