Husband not criminally responsible for killing his wife, B.C. judge rules

A B.C. man has been found not criminally responsiblefor killing his wife last year.

ParveenMaan's wife was found dead inside a Burnaby, B.C., home on Feb. 22, 2017. Maan was arrested at the sceneand charged with second-degree murder two days later.

On Friday, a B.C. Supreme Court justice found him not criminally responsiblefor her death as he had a mental disorder at the time.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Maan's wife diedfrom "injuries received during an altercation."

The pair had two children, then aged 11 and 13,who weren't home at the time of the incident. They stayed with family in the wake of their mother's death andfather's arrest.

At the time, IHIT Cpl. Meghan Foster said the death "left a gaping hole in a family and two young kids without their mother.

"This family is attempting to deal with this loss as best as they can," Foster said.

With files from CBC's Tina Lovgreen