Woman accused in 2015 Shoppers Drug Mart stabbing death found fit to stand trial

The woman charged with first-degree murder in the 2015stabbing death of a young womanin a downtown TorontoShoppers Drug Mart has been found fit to stand trial this fall, the Ontario Review Board announced Monday.

RohinieBisesar, 43, was ordered by a judgeto undergo additional treatment at a mental health facility in the cityearlier this yearbefore a tribunal could assess her fitness for the legal proceeding.

The ORB is responsible for reviewing cases of people found unfit to stand trial due to a mental disorder or not criminally responsible in criminal cases.

The provincial watchdoghas determinedBisesar's mental state hadimproved enoughto stand trial. She's set to appearin a Toronto court on Oct. 29.

The ORB's decision came after the Crown and defence in the case filed a joint submission earlier this year. The details of that submission are subject to a publication ban.

Bisesarhas been in custody since being arrested following the December 2015 slaying of 28-year-old Rosemarie (Kim) Junor.During past court proceedings,Bisesarfired two lawyers and accused each of misrepresenting her.

Police say attack was unprovoked

Junor, a newlywed at the time, died in hospital days after being stabbed inside the Shoppers in the city's underground PATHsystem nearBay and Wellington streets.

Police previously said the two women didn't know each other and the attack was unprovoked.

Bisesar was initially charged with attempted murderbefore the charge was upgraded to second-degree murder and then,first-degree murder after police uncovered new evidence that suggested she had carried a knife into the drug store and the stabbing might have been premeditated.

Bisesar graduated from York University's undergraduate and graduate business programs,and had held severaljobs in the city's financial district.

She was hospitalized during the initial hearing and told the court she heard voices and claimed to have had a microchip implanted inside her. ThatledSuperior Court Justice John McMahon to question her mental state and order two separate 60-day psychiatric assessments. The results of which, last year, concludedBisesarwas unfit to stand trial.

Dr. IanSwayze, a forensic psychiatrist,testified that Bisesarwas schizophrenicand experienceddelusions, auditory hallucinations, disordered thoughts and paranoia.

Her condition prevented her from conducting her own defence or instructing a defence lawyer, Swayzesaid a requirement for being fit to stand trial.