Irving claims death threats in custody at Lethbridge Correctional Centre
LETHBRIDGE – A 59-year-old woman, facing 13 counts of cruelty to animals, one count of causing suffering to animals and failure to appear in court, told a Lethbridge judge Tuesday, Feb. 5 she’s facing death threats while in custody.
April Dawn Irving appeared in Provincial Court via CCTV from Lethbridge Correctional Centre and asked Justice G.S. Maxwell to move her to solitary confinement because she fears for her safety.
She also asked to see an orthopedic surgeon or a doctor for a knee issue she is suffering from, after she was in a car accident in Jamaica.
Justice Maxwell noted her concerns were entered and on the record, and briefly spoke with her legal aid lawyer, Bjoern Wolkmann. However Maxwell told him there was nothign he could do about it.