Bank Robbery Paxil 13/11/2002 Canada Man Dressed as Santa Robs Banks
 
 Summary:<br><br><div>Next to last paragraph reads: &quot;Chevrier told a sentencing hearing that he <strong>committed the offence after he experienced a marked change in character when he took extra doses of Paxil, </strong>a commonly prescribed anti-depressant.&quot;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.canoe.ca/WesternTicker/CANOE-wire.CRIME-Santa-Robbery.html">http://www.canoe.ca/WesternTicker/CANOE-wire.CRIME-Santa-Robbery.html<br /><br /></a>November 13, 2002<br />&#39;Santa&#39; who bungled bank robbery says anti-depressant drug made him do it<br />NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP) -- A man dressed as Santa who tried to rob a bank in Penticton, B.C., says an anti-depressant drug made him do it.<br />Alain Chevrier, 32, earlier pleaded guilty to charges of robbery, unlawful confinement, wearing a disguise and wilful damage.<br /><br />He was wearing a Santa Claus hat and beard and packing two guns when he walked into a Bank of Montreal branch in downtown Penticton on Dec. 27, 2000, and demanded money.<br />He then held six people captive in the bank for 61/2 hours before surrendering peacefully to police.<br />Chevrier told a sentencing hearing that he committed the offence after he experienced a marked change in character when he took extra doses of Paxil, a commonly prescribed anti-depressant.<br />The Crown and defence have completed their arguments on sentencing.<br />The judge will hand impose the sentence Nov. 28.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> 
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