SUSPECT IN KILLINGS CLAIMS HE WAS ‘TEMPORARILY INSANE’

The man charged with shooting four people dead in Fredericton says he should be “exonerated” immediately because of temporary insanity. “This has to be settled now, so I will be exonerated today,” Matthew Raymond told the judge during what was supposed to be a brief appearance Monday in provincial court. “I should not have been in prison at all. I am not guilty due to at least temporary insanity. The evidence is all right there, he has every bit of evidence, it shows exactly what has happened. I am not guilty.” The 48-year-old is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Fredericton police constables Sara Burns and Robb Costello, and civilians Donnie Robichaud and Bobbie Lee Wright. The four were gunned down Aug. 10 outside an apartment complex in a siege that ended when police shot the gunman.