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VICTORIA — A Victoria provincial court judge has threatened to quit the bench if an offender with schizophrenia does not get the mental health treatment he needs when he is released from custody.

On Friday, Judge Ernie Quantz ordered that Tyrone Goertzen be brought to the courthouse with his personal effects on Monday morning to ensure that police can take him directly to Royal Jubilee Hospital for an informed assessment and treatment.

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“He is going to be released at the courthouse, and if I don’t have the authority to do that, then I’m going to quit on Monday,” said Quantz, 67. “If I sound frustrated, I am getting very frustrated.”

Quantz made the remarks at the sentencing hearing for Goertzen, who has pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and breaching his probation order by violating a no-contact order with his former girlfriend in January.

Prosecutor Laura Wheeler told the court that Goertzen won’t stay away from his former girlfriend. When the girlfriend calls police, Goertzen becomes increasingly angry and aggressive, resists arrests and assaults officers.