A lawyer for a woman charged in an apparently unprovoked fatal stabbing in Toronto's financial district says his client has been declared unfit to stand trial.

Rohinie Bisesar faces one count of first-degree murder in the death of Rosemarie Junor, a 28-year-old newlywed who was stabbed at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Toronto's popular underground PATH network of shops in December 2015.

Rohinie Bisesar, accused in Shoppers Drug Mart stabbing, sent for mental health assessment

Rohinie Bisesar, the accused in the fatal Shoppers Drug Mart stabbing last December, is being sent for a psychiatric evaluation after a court appearance on Friday during which she claimed to hear voices and to have had a microchip implanted inside her.

Rohinie Bisesar, sought in what police called an unprovoked stabbing, has been arrested and charged. 

Rohinie Bisesar

Rohinie Bisesar, charged with first-degree murder in the Shoppers Drug Mart stabbing last December, has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

Rohinie Bisesar, woman accused of Shoppers Drug Mart killing, refuses legal aid lawyers

Rohinie Bisesar, 41, accused of stabbing a woman to death inside a Shoppers Drug Mart in downtown Toronto's PATH system in 2015, has refused representation from legal aid lawyers.

Rohinie Bisesar, 41, is facing a first degree murder charge. She said she does not want Legal Aid lawyers representing her.

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Ian Swayze testified on Monday that Bisesar has a mental illness consistent with schizophrenia and experiences delusions, auditory hallucinations, disordered thoughts and paranoia.

Swayze told the jury that because of her condition, Bisesar could not effectively conduct her own defence or instruct a defence counsel — one of the requirements of being fit to stand trial.

Police have identified Rosemarie Junor, 28, as the victim of a stabbing attack at a downtown Toronto Shoppers Drug Mart.

Rosemarie Junor, 28

Fitness also requires that a person understand why they are in court and who the major players are, such as the judge and prosecutor.

Bisesar has said in court that she hears unseen people speaking to her and controlling her actions, and that Junor is not really dead.

Rohinie Bisesar, who is charged with first-degree murder in a fatal stabbing at a Shoppers Drug Mart in 2015, is unfit to stand trial, says her lawyer.  

Rohinie Bisesar, accused in fatal Shoppers Drug Mart stabbing, declared unfit to stand trial

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