By Michele Mandel, QMI Agency
The father of missing teen Mariam Makniashvili disrupted his sentencing hearing Tuesday morning to complain about his treatment in jail.
"I was administered drugs without my consent," Vakhtang Makniashvili said in his surprise outburst before Judge Rebecca Rutherford. "These are things you need to know. "
The judge immediately ordered a recess and asked lawyer Calvin Barry to talk to his client before they resume.
Outside court, Barry said Makniashvili was upset because he had wrongly assumed the sentencing hearing would conclude that day. Instead, the Crown is asking for an additional psychological assessment.
Makhniashvili pleaded guilty in May to two separate stabbings in the months following his daughter's mysterious disappearance two years ago.
The first was inflicted on neighbour Sean Ure on May 7, 2010, and the second on Nov. 4, 2010, against David and Dolores Langer, the couple who had posted his bail.
The victims of his bizarre stabbing spree are expected to deliver victim impact statements when the hearing resumes.
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