Sentencing Hearing Set for Couple Found Guilty of Failing to Provide Necessaries of Life
LETHBRIDGE – A sentencing hearing has been set for a couple, who were found guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their todler.
Ezekiel Stephan was just 18-months old when he died as a result of bacterial meningitis in March of 2012.
The parents were found guilty on April 26, following a lengthy jury trial that spanned over nearly two months. It took the jury less than 24-hours to come to a decision.
The Crown’s argument had been that the Stephans waited too long to get medical care for Ezekiel, and that by taking him to a doctor they could have been saved him from bacterial meningitis.