The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling by the Alberta Criminal Code Review Board that denied a request for more freedoms from a Calgary man who was found not criminally responsible for the stabbing deaths of five people during a house party in April 2014.

Matthew de Grood , who was initially sent to a psychiatric facility, is now living in a halfway house in Calgary and is allowed to spend up to two weeks at a time with his parents who also live in the city.

However, his lawyer, Jacqueline Petrie, recently asked the Alberta Court of Appeal to overturn the Board’s decision and grant de Grood a conditional discharge , which could allow him to live permanently with his parents.

Petrie described de Grood as a low risk to the public and said his medical team doesn’t think

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