US EditionQuebec mom found not criminally responsible for abandoning child to stay detained
Judge Bernard St-Arnaud ruled the mother not criminally responsible due to schizoaffective disorder; she remains detained at Philippe-Pinel Institute for psychiatric treatment.
- A 34-year-old woman from LaSalle, who was found not criminally responsible for leaving her three-year-old daughter in a rural area in June, will continue to be held at a psychiatric facility in Montreal.
- The court determined that the woman was experiencing a psychotic episode caused by schizoaffective disorder on June 15, which impaired her ability to understand the nature and consequences of her actions.
- The toddler was reported missing on June 15 and found severely dehydrated, with insect bites, three days later near Highway 417 in Ontario after a large police and volunteer search.
- Crown attorney Lili Prévost-Gravel noted that the child experiences nightmares and is afraid of being alone, and expressed that judges, being empathetic, should offer some optimism to a defendant despite the severity of their actions.
- Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud accepted the Crown’s position that, despite improvement, the woman poses a public safety risk and must remain detained while possible future unescorted leaves are considered.
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Quebec mother who abandoned toddler in field will remain in psychiatric hospital
The woman found not criminally responsible for abandoning her three-year-old daughter in June will remain detained at the Montreal psychiatric hospital where she's been receiving treatment since July, a Quebec judge ruled Tuesday.
Quebec mom found not criminally responsible for abandoning child to stay detained
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — A 34-year-old woman found not criminally responsible after abandoning her toddler in a rural field will remain detained at a Montreal psychiatric hospital. Quebec court Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud delivered his decision at the Valleyfield, Que., courthouse, saying that despite her improving mental health she still poses a risk to the public. On Monday […]
Lasalle woman found not criminally responsible in missing child case
A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled that the LaSalle mother, 34, who abandoned her three-year-old daughter in June, is not criminally responsible for her actions due to mental illness. Judge Bernard St-Arnaud issued the decision after a brief hearing…
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