Dr. Perry Sirota mentioned Kurucz additionally has reactive attachment dysfunction, a situation brought on by historic abuse as a toddler
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Suspected baby killer Anthony Karl Kurucz suffers from a gentle type of mental developmental dysfunction, a psychologist advised the court docket on Monday.
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And dr. Perry Sirota mentioned Kurucz additionally has reactive attachment dysfunction, a situation brought on by historic abuse as a toddler that makes him inclined to manipulation.
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Sirota testified on behalf of the accused in a voir dire, or trial inside a trial, concerning the admissibility of a confession he gave in a so-called Mr. Massive operation carried out by undercover Calgary cops.
Protection legal professional Darren Mahoney challenged the admissibility of Kurucz’s assertion based mostly on his shopper’s mental limitations.
Kurucz is charged with second-degree homicide within the April 27, 2018, demise of his three-month-old son, Jayden Cyluck-Kurucz.
In his assertion to an undercover officer posing as a supervisor of a shady enterprise, Kurucz mentioned he could have “panicked” whereas caring for his son.
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“I do not know if I may need unintentionally harm him not directly,” Kurucz mentioned.
“To unintentionally push him too exhausting as a result of I do not know my very own energy.”
Kurucz mentioned he could have additionally “put him down on the sofa too exhausting and perhaps he pinched his head.”
“I panicked… and shook him a bit.”
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Sirota mentioned Kurucz’s reactive attachment dysfunction, which is a “trauma-related dysfunction,” was substantiated by the defendant’s historical past, which included a number of foster placements and abuse.
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“There’s a tendency to develop into dysfunctionally hooked up to folks,” he advised Mahoney.
The forensic psychologist mentioned this may make Kurucz “simply manipulated”.
“They do not develop a standard, wholesome attachment to a caregiver.”
Sirota mentioned checks confirmed Kurucz with an IQ beneath 70, one thing he would query if an evaluation was achieved solely on the defendant as an grownup.
However he mentioned data of testing when Kurucz was seven and once more at 17 confirmed related mental incapacity, which previously would have been labeled “gentle psychological retardation.”
The trial resumes on Wednesday.
KMartin@postmedia.com
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