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Manitoba Court of King's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal delivered the decision Thursday morning in Winnipeg after hearing weeks of evidence in the high-profile trial, which took place in May and early June.

The courtroom gallery erupted in cheers and claps when Joyal issued the decision, in which he said the murders were planned and deliberate and caused an "undeniable and profound impact" on Manitoba's Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities alike.

Joyal rejected that argument and said he afforded little weight to the evidence of Dr. Sohom Das, a forensic psychiatrist from the United Kingdom, who assessed Skibicki after the killings and testified for the defence.

Skibicki is in a prisoner's box, wearing a grey T-shirt and facing the area where Court of King's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal will be seated.

Skibicki's lawyers have argued he was driven by delusions linked to schizophrenia and hearing voices that made him believe he was on a mission from God, which prevented him from realizing his actions were morally wrong when he killed the women over a two-month period in 2022.

However, prosecutors said Skibicki knew what he was doing, arguing he preyed on vulnerable Indigenous women at Winnipeg homeless shelters before committing four deliberate and racially motivated murders.

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