Richard Bain's bail application has been denied, his trial has been delayed and he will be forced to undergo a psychological evaluation.
The accused election-night killer, who is behind bars awaiting trial, will not be allowed to go home for Christmas, where he had planned to prepare his own defence.
On Friday morning a judge cited public safety as the reason Bain must remain behind bars.
Judge Guy Cournoyer noted that Bain could not be released partly because there was no psychological evaluation that could be used to assess Bain’s mental state.
The judge proposed to force Bain to take part in an evaluation but Bain replied that he will not talk to any psychiatrist at the Pinel Institute due to his perception that no English-speaking staff would be able to help him.
"Food is great, I'll eat well, I'll play chess, but I won't talk," he said in court Friday. "I want a psychiatrist who's of my culture."
Bain, who had previously fired his lawyers and decided to represent himself, once again asked for a lawyer.
The jury decided to impose a psychiatric evaluation for Bain and postpone the trial which was scheduled to kick off on January 19.
Other details were expected to be announced in the afternoon.
Bain is accused of killing Denis Blanchette on September 4, 2012 outside of a Parti Quebecois post-election celebration.
He is expected to argue that the medication he takes for bipolar disorder led him to forget all of the events that took place on the evening in question. He wanted to go home
