Thomas Hamp testifies he killed girlfriend to save her 'from a much worse death'

He said he shouldn't be punished for Emily Sanche's death because he had a mental disorder when he stabbed her on Feb. 20, 2022.

Testifying at his Saskatoon murder trial, Thomas Hamp said he stabbed himself and his girlfriend because he was trying to save them from “a much worse death” at the hands of the secret police he believed had been watching him.

He told a King’s Bench courtroom that it was the cumulation of delusions, intrusive thoughts and false memories he’d been having since October 2021, while going on and off his medication for obsessive compulsive disorder.