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Coquitlam man not criminally responsible for death of his sister

A Coquitlam man has been found not criminally responsible (NCR) in the death of his sister nearly three years ago.
Maja Paderewska
Maja Paderewska was 33 when she was murdered in February 2014 at her parents' Westwood Plateau home.

A Coquitlam man has been found not criminally responsible (NCR) in the death of his sister nearly three years ago.

Jarek Paderewski's nine-day trial for the second-degree murder of his older sister, 33-year-old Maja Paderewska, wrapped up Friday in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster.

Her body was found at their parents' Westwood Plateau townhome in February 2014 when emergency personnel responded to a medical distress call. At the time of her death she was a popular teacher at North Surrey secondary school.

It's believed Paderewski lived there with his parents; he was arrested at the scene and charged the following day.

In March 2014, Paderewski underwent a psychiatric assessment but it wasn't until September 2015 that he was ordered to stand trial.

An NCR designation is used when it is determined a mentally ill person was unable to appreciate their actions at the time of a crime, could not discern right from wrong or were not in control of their behaviour because of their mental illness.

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