{"id":784410,"date":"2026-07-06T18:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784410\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:42:09","slug":"man-found-guilty-of-attempted-murder-after-stabbing-at-longueuil-que-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784410\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing at Longueuil, Que., courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>The man who stabbed a court interpreter at a courthouse on Montreal&#8217;s South Shore in January 2024 was found guilty Monday morning of attempted murder and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.<\/p>\n<p>According to the judge, there is no doubt that the accused, Alexandre Garc\u00e8s, suffered from mental health issues for many years, including Tourette syndrome, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and autism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the judge ruled that his health conditions were not enough to absolve him of criminal responsibility, since he was capable of understanding that his actions were wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Garc\u00e8s stabbed Hai Thach several times at the Longueuil, Que., courthouse on Jan. 9, 2024. At the time, investigators said they believed that the victim was chosen at random.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that Garc\u00e8s attacked Thach out of vengeance against a society he felt had ruined his life, according to the judge. <\/p>\n<p>Garc\u00e8s had been placed in a youth protection rehabilitation centre at the age of 14 following several violent episodes directed at family members.<\/p>\n<p>The defendant&#8217;s father, mother and sister were all present in the courtroom for the verdict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-784410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}