Tim McLean

In loving Memory Of Tim McLean

Tim was tragically murderd on a bus in Canada. How anyone could have done this terrible thing is
beyond me. It was such awful way to go. The evil person who did this should die the same way. Tim
was only 22 and had his whole life ahead of him and thats now been taken away.

Knowing that the eyes of God watch over all of us
And he has reached his hand down to receive Tim
And we can forever hold Tim in our hearts by remembering him
As Jesus did not die in vain neither shall Tim
We will all be here carry on in his name to bring change to
make our countries and world a better place for the
Loved ones Tim leaves behind~
~My deepest Sympathies to his family and friends~
R.I.P. Tim , sleep with the Angels as you are one of them now. xxxxxxxxx



The family of a Canadian man beheaded by a fellow passenger on a bus have spoken of a little guy
with a big heart.

Tim McLean, 22, was returning home to Winnipeg from a job as a carnival worker in Edmonton when he
was killed by a man who stabbed him 50 times and then cut off his head with a huge knife.
A policeman reported seeing the attacker hacking off pieces of the victim and eating them, according
to a tape leaked on the internet.
Newspaper deliveryman Vince Weiguang Li, 40, of Edmonton is charged with second-degree murder.
The victim's uncle, Alex McLean, reading a statement from the family, said: "He was a little guy
with a heart bigger than you could know.
"Tim spent his life travelling and meeting new people, and always saw the good in everyone. He had
the most infectious giggle.
"You could hear him laughing a mile away. It didn't matter what kind of a day you were having
because, when you heard him laugh, you couldn't help but join in."
In the tape of police radio transmissions, a Royal Canadian Mounted police officer referred to the
attacker as "Badger" and said he was armed with a knife and a pair of scissors, and "is defiling the
body at the front of the bus".
"Okay, Badger's at the back of the bus, hacking off pieces and eating it," he said at the end of the
recording.
Police responded to a call to a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway about 20km from Portage
La Prairie, Manitoba, after the bloody killing on the Greyhound bus travelling from Edmonton to
Winnipeg.
Friends have started a Facebook group to remember him.
Passengers said that soon after they re-boarded the bus after a break, the suspect - for no apparent
reason - stabbed Mr McLean dozens of times as others fled in horror.
He then severed Mr McLean's head and displayed it.

The Outcome

Vince Li not criminally responsible for beheading

Vince Li has been found not criminally responsible for the gruesome murder and beheading of Tim
McLean on a Greyhound bus last summer because he is mentally ill.
"These grotesque acts are appalling," Justice John Scurfield said in Thursday's ruling. "However,
the acts themselves and the context in which they were committed are strongly suggestive of a mental
disorder.
"He did not appreciate the act he committed was morally wrong. He believed he was acting in self
defence and that he had been commanded by God to do so."
Both the Crown and the defence agreed that Li is a schizophrenic who was suffering a psychotic
episode when he killed the 22-year-old McLean.
Li, 40, will now be remanded to a secure psychiatric facility where he will receive treatment. A
review panel will decide in the next six weeks which facility he will be transferred to, depending
on whether he is considered a risk to others or to himself.
His case must also be reviewed on an annual basis by a mental health review board.
"That doesn't sit well with McLean's family," reports CTV's Jill Macyshon, who says they want Li to
spend his life in prison, demanding "a life for a life."
The review board will look at police reports from the crime scene and review transcripts of previous
hearings, while also listening to evidence from psychiatrists who will treat Li about his current
mental condition, treatment plan and prognosis.
"The public needs to know that when a person is found not criminally responsible, it does not
automatically follow that a person will be released into the community," Scurfield said in his
ruling "People who are found not criminally responsible but who continue to pose a danger to the
community may be kept in a locked institution for the rest of their lives."
Li's trial took only two days and heard from only two witnesses. Both were psychiatrists who
testified Li suffers from schizophrenia. They testified Li heard what he thought was the voice of
God last July, telling him to kill McLean or risk being killed himself.
Dr. Jonathan Rootenberg said Li was psychotic and was in no state to tell the difference between
right and wrong.
"The attack was sudden and came as Li caught a glimpse of the sunlight and heard God's voice telling
him that McLean was a threat," Rootenberg testified. "The voice said, `Do it now ... If you don't,
he's going to kill you.'"
Legal analyst and criminal lawyer Steven Skurka says the decision shows that the Canadian criminal
justice system is humane and recognizes that those in psychotic states cannot distinguish right and
wrong.
"We can't simply look at the actions we have to look at his mental state. We don't punish people who
don't appreciate the nature and quality of their actions. I think that's a very positive feature of
our system," Skurka told CTV Newsnet after the decision was handed down.
No criminal record
With the NCR declaration, Li will not have a criminal record. But on the agreement of both the Crown
and the defence, his DNA will be put into a registry so that it will be on file in the event Li is
one day released and is suspected of another crime.
"It's a responsible position for the defence to take because clearly, they're concerned about public
safety," Slurka said.
While the McLean family knew to expect Thursday's ruling, McLean's mother Carol deDelley says she
will push forward with what she calls "Tim's Law."
She wants those who are found to be not criminally responsible to have criminal records and to be
treated in prison not in a mental facility.
DeDelley told reporters outside the courthouse Thursday that NCR should be changed to what she calls
"NPA."
"That would be Not Psychologically Accountable but still criminally responsible. Because a crime was
still committed her, a murder still occurred. And NCR seems to negate that fact. At least that's how
it feels to us, "she said.
She also wondered why Li, who was born in China, was granted citizenship even after he had been
diagnosed with schizophrenia.
DeDelley added she doesn't hate Li; she thinks he's dangerous and should be "kept away from the
public for the rest of his natural life."
Would you call this justice I dont think so it was cold blooded murder. Hope is poor parents will
fight for the right justice for him.

Sleep peacefully Tim xxxx