Sketch of Norbu at a recent hearing. He was ordered to remain in custody. Sketch by Pam Davies-CBC.
A man who set an aspiring nurse on fire on a TTC bus at Kipling Station in an incident that rocked the City is still a threat to the public and will have to spend more time in custody.
Tenzin Norbu, 35, was found not criminally responsible for the horrendous June 2022 death of Nyima Dolma, 28, a caregiver and nursing student, who was also born in Tibet.
Dolma was a beloved up-and-comer who was working her way up in Canada. She had only been here for about five years.
The two did not know each other that fateful day, in which Norbu may have been hallucinating, a panel has ruled.
Nursing student Nyima Dolma will never have a chance to pursue her dream.
An Ontario Review Board (ORB) in October ruled that Norbu, who has a lengthy history of mental illness and aggression, should remain in custody as he still poses a significant threat to the public.
The ORB hearing was held last August at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), where Norbu is being held.
He was charged with murder and found not criminally responsible for setting the budding nurse on fire with lighter fluid aboard a bus just over two years ago. She died in hospital from her injuries 18 days later, three months away from completing her nursing degree.
Tenzin Norbu is to dangerous to let out on the streets. Courtesy photo.
Norbu stands to receive privileges as walking around the CAMH grounds while “indirectly supervised.”
The five-member panel ruled he could be gradually given privileges to leave his unit at the facility for other parts of the hospital.
The brutal incident shook the city with people taking precautions on public transit.
A Go Fund Me page raised thousands of dollars to help with the funeral of the soon-to-be nurse.