Man found guilty of abducting daughter in incident that triggered Amber Alert
An Ontario man who snatched his four-year-old daughter from her mother’s home in the early morning hours has been found guilty of abduction after a judge found he knew what he was doing was wrong.
Mario Rodrigues was also found guilty of two counts of assault, one count of break and enter, and one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm in connection with the April 2016 incident, which triggered an Amber Alert.
Rodrigues had pleaded not guilty to the charges, saying he was not criminally responsible for his actions due to mental illness.
Court heard that two psychiatrists who assessed Rodrigues found he knew his actions were legally wrong at the time but were split on whether he could tell they were morally wrong.