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06-13-2013, 12:38 PM
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Bizarre....
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Mountie who obsessed about cheating wife says he is not criminally responsible for killing her in Edmonton
Former Mountie Tirth Sehmbi was obsessed that his wife was cheating on him and he had cameras hidden throughout the south Edmonton home where he shot her to death.
Sehmbi also hired a private eye to watch their home and had an autistic neighbour — whom he asked to help him discover who she was having an affair with — come over and hide in a closet to listen for anything unusual.
The only question is whether or not he was sufficiently mentally ill at the time of the July 10, 2010, slaying of Rajpinder Sehmbi to be found not criminally responsible.
Sehmbi, 39, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and a hearing in the case, scheduled for seven days, began in Court of Queen’s Bench on Wednesday.
Crown prosecutor Carrie Sharpe conceded in court that Sehmbi was “suffering from a disease of the mind” at the time of the killing, but she is contesting that it was at the level needed to absolve him of criminal responsibility.
Court heard Sehmbi has been assessed by five mental health doctors with three concluding he should be found not criminally responsible and two saying he should be.
Psychologist Dr. Robert Faltin testified Wednesday that he believes Sehmbi should be found not criminally responsible as he was suffering from a delusional disorder at the time of the killing.
Faltin told the hearing some doctors believe Sehmbi has paranoid schizophrenia and said the former Stony Plain RCMP dog handler might have both diagnoses, as well as some other disorder that has not yet been determined.
“What happened that night is really somewhat puzzling to me,” said Faltin, adding that Sehmbi “gradually became obsessed with the idea that someone was having sex with his wife” and was “unable to shake” those convictions.
“I think what happened was something in the area of irresistible impulse,” he said.
According to agreed facts, Sehmbi used his RCMP service pistol to shoot his 29-year-old wife 15 times — including a shot to the forehead from very close range — while she was on a chair in the family room, partially seated on an RCMP uniform and pants. The gun was on the armrest.
The couple’s sons, now 10 and 11, were with his parents.
Surveillance cameras and voice recorders were concealed throughout the house and Sehmbi told the security company owner that his wife was cheating on him and the purpose of the cameras was to catch her.
Sehmbi also asked neighbours about using a holiday trailer parked on the street to do surveillance on his wife and hired a private investigator to watch the home.
On the night before the 4:20 a.m. killing, Sehmbi asked a 25-year-old autistic neighbour to help him and he hid him in a basement closet and told him to call him if he heard anything unusual. About three hours before the shooting, Rajpinder discovered the man and he was told to get out.
Afterwards, Sehmbi demanded that Rajpinder show him where her nonexistent lover came and left the home.
A few minutes before the shooting, Sehmbi called his parents and one of their sons said he could hear his mom screaming in the background. A few minutes after that, neighbours reported hearing screaming and gunshots.
Sehmbi told his sons on the phone that he had shot their mom and then later told his supervisor what he had done and he was arrested after meeting him in Spruce Grove.
It also says in the agreed facts that Sehmbi was ordered to see a psychologist four months before the slaying because his work was suffering.
The psychologist deemed him fit for duty.
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This is the oddest murder I've heard of in a while. When I read the part about him hiding an autistic guy in the closet to spy on his wife, I almost laughed.
Perhaps the craziest thing is that he was a cop and he was considered sane 
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06-13-2013, 12:47 PM
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Crazy times.
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06-13-2013, 12:56 PM
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Killing your wife for cheating may be legal in the culture where that guy is from or brought up in, but it sure as shootin' ain't legal in THIS country. 
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06-13-2013, 01:17 PM
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In before the racism!
oops, wait, no
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06-13-2013, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by BeeGuy
In before the racism!
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There are very few people that could see any racism in any of the above comments. Good eye. Mind you I still don't see it...care to point it out for those of us that don't have the keen racist eyes that you do?
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06-13-2013, 02:53 PM
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I have to agree that the fact he was preciously assessed and deemed fit for duty is a bit of a head scratcher... Judging by the story this guy had issues...
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06-13-2013, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by rugatika
There are very few people that could see any racism in any of the above comments. Good eye. Mind you I still don't see it...care to point it out for those of us that don't have the keen racist eyes that you do?
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How does one make a blind man see the light?
How does one make an ignorant man knowing?
How does one blame the actions of a lunatic on race and culture?
Take a knee and think it threw.
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06-13-2013, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BeeGuy
In before the racism!
oops, wait, no
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No racism in cats post.
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06-13-2013, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by canadiantdi
No racism in cats post.
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I can sympathize with your desire to defend your buddy, but it does not make your opinion, fact.
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06-13-2013, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by catnthehat
Killing your wife for cheating may be legal in the culture where that guy is from or brought up in, but it sure as shootin' ain't legal in THIS country.
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Yeah,it`s happened here in B.C. quite a few time,Fathers and sons killing the daughter for dishonoring them,wife/girlfriends cheating.Pretty messed up code of conduct I`d say.
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06-13-2013, 07:46 PM
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My favorite part of this thread is the part where because a crazy guy has an east indian name, killing his wife is automatically an "honour killing" and also the part about how killing his wife is legal in his culture, you know, because he is east indian.
smh
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06-13-2013, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by catnthehat
Killing your wife for cheating may be legal in the culture where that guy is from or brought up in, but it sure as shootin' ain't legal in THIS country.
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Could be wrong, but I think in Texas, they used to convict of manslaughter instead of murder in these sort of cases. Maybe they were a bit more lenient on sentencing up here as well.
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06-13-2013, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by catnthehat
Killing your wife for cheating may be legal in the culture where that guy is from or brought up in, but it sure as shootin' ain't legal in THIS country.
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Dude, they probably covered that part in one of his courses at the RCMP. (or maybe he was sick the day they taught the canadian criminal code...  )
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06-13-2013, 08:46 PM
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Don't they have a way to screen the RCMP for terrorists???!!?!?
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06-13-2013, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Badgerbadger
Dude, they probably covered that part in one of his courses at the RCMP. (or maybe he was sick the day they taught the canadian criminal code... ) |
^^^????
he obviously has a problem....hang him, so we don't don't have to worry about the problem, or pay for it... ......
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06-13-2013, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by catnthehat
Killing your wife for cheating may be legal in the culture where that guy is from or brought up in, but it sure as shootin' ain't legal in THIS country.
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Ok. Lets get to the point.
Which country is he from? Do you know? Will you do a quick search or are you assuming?
Is he not a Canadian because he has a non-European name? Do you know where he was born? Has he lived in Canada for 50years?
Which culture is this fellow from? You assume he follows islam, no? You must know that not everyone with an islamic sounding name is a religious person or follows that religion. If my name was Calvin, does that make me protestant?
You must realize of course this guy could be any number of religions or none at all.
Yet, of course, brown name, brown man, brown religion, honour killing.
When a white guy in Alberta kills his wife what do we call it?
Murder.
It saddens me that some people's prejudice is so ingrained that they can not see it at all.
Maybe we should have a discussion about male Caucasian serial killers and how it is a characteristic of our culture? Absurd isn't it?
The guy was crazy. He wasn't just doing what brown-islamic people normally do in their culture.
JHC you guys should be ashamed of yourselves.
I'm embarrassed for you.
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06-13-2013, 10:45 PM
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I agree with CC and Pat
just sayin
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06-13-2013, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BeeGuy
I agree with CC and Pat
just sayin
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What a coincdence......so do I.
I see no racisim in cats post though......I see speculation.
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06-13-2013, 10:52 PM
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Anybody think this guy was sane?
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06-13-2013, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by BeeGuy
Anybody think this guy was sane?
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No not even close......paranoid schizophrenic or coming off a bad meth run maybe.
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06-13-2013, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by BeeGuy
Anybody think this guy was sane?
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Let me ask the autistic guy in my closet.
Seriously though I think not.
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06-13-2013, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by BeeGuy
Anybody think this guy was sane?
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Are guys who commit honor murders sane? Is a brainwashed person sane?
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