WINNIPEG — A man who beheaded a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba has won the right to eventually live on his own. A Criminal Code Review Board has approved a plan that would allow Vince Li to at some point move out of the group home where he now lives. Li — who has changed his name to Will Baker — killed Tim McLean during a bus trip along the TransCanada Highway near Portage la Prairie in July 2008. He was found to be not criminally responsible for the murder due to a mental illness — schizophrenia. The board reviews Baker's file annually and has ruled that he could move out on his own following an updated assessment report that would include conditions for living in the community.

Vince Li is pictured at a court appearance in a Portage La Prairie, Man. on August 5, 2008. (Photo: John Woods/Canadian Press) Baker was originally kept in a secure wing at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre, but the board has granted him increasing freedoms almost every year. The request for more freedom came from Baker's medical team, which said he has been a model patient and understands the need to continue to take anti-psychotic medication. Even living on his own, he would be subject to several conditions that would include daily monitoring, regular check-ins with mental health professionals and random drug tests. Baker sat next to the 22-year-old McLean on the bus after the young man smiled at him and asked how he was doing. Baker said he heard the voice of God telling him to kill the young carnival worker or "die immediately.'' Baker repeatedly stabbed McLean who unsuccessfully fought for his life.