The crown would therefore be making this application to have someone given this designation of high-risk mentally disordered accused.
If I look at the actual legislation proposed paragraph 672.64(1)(a) says, “the court is satisfied that there is a substantial likelihood that the accused will use violence that could endanger the life or safety of another person...”. It sounds very much like what your cousin has gone through. Then proposed paragraph 672.64(1)(b) says, “the court is of the opinion that the acts that constitute the offence were of such a brutal nature as to indicate a risk of grave physical or psychological harm to another person”.
There are other factors the court has to consider. To me it only makes sense, as Dr. Baillie has mentioned, that these are a small number of cases, but the fact is the crown would only seek it if it was in the public interest.