CALGARY – A Calgary man deemed not criminally responsible for stabbing five people to death at a house party is seeking more freedoms.

His treating psychiatrist, Dr. Sergio Santana, said de Grood remains a low level to reoffend and is ready for relaxed rules to make it easier for de Grood to visit his sister in British Columbia.

The argument was made at an annual hearing before Alberta’s Criminal Code Review Board on de Grood’s progress and whether additional freedoms would be warranted.

“We can only recommend,” Santana told the board Wednesday.

“It is up to the board to agree whether they agree or not, but certainly last year we thought he was ready for more privileges.”

Santana said de Grood continues to suffer from PTSD and the effect his actions had on his own family and those of

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