TORONTO – A man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a fellow bus passenger in Canada has been declared fit to stand trial, his lawyer said Monday.

A judge had ordered Vince Weiguang Li to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether the Chinese immigrant was competent to stand trial for the July slaying.

His lawyers and the prosecution agreed not to release details of Li's court-ordered psychiatric assessment because it could be prejudicial to his trial.

Li, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of 22-year-old Tim McLean, has not entered a plea in the case.

“I agree that he is fit to stand trial, but the issue is whether he is criminally responsible for his actions,” said defense attorney Alan Libman. “My position would be in court that he's not criminally responsible for his actions and he did not know what he was doing was wrong.”

“It will be for a court to determine whether that's correct or not but that's the defense's position. He suffers from a disease of the mind.”

Libman said Li is cooperating with psychiatrists and his lawyers and is not under a suicide watch.

The case is slated to return to court Nov. 6.

Thirty-seven passengers were aboard the Greyhound bus en route from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, when the attack occurred on a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway, about 12 miles from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Witnesses said Li attacked McLean unprovoked, stabbing him dozens of times.

As horrified passengers fled the bus, Li severed McLean's head, displaying it to some of the passengers outside the bus, witnesses said.

A police officer at the scene reported seeing the attacker hack off pieces of the victim's body and eat them, according to a police report.