Brentwood stabbing suspect to enter plea

Posted Jul 22, 2014 6:44 am.

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The man accused in Calgary’s worst mass murder will be entering his plea Tuesday.

Matthew De Grood is charged with first degree murder in the deaths of five young people at an April 15th house party in Brentwood.

Jordan Segura, Josh Hunter, Kaiti Perras, Zackariah Rathwell, and Lawrence Hong were all stabbed to death while celebrating the end of classes.

De Grood underwent a psychiatric assessment but was found fit to stand trial in May.

However, the 22 year old’s lawyer, Alan Fay says that does not mean his client is not mentally ill, only that he understands the charges against him.

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