Second mother sentenced for leaving child in freezing car
LETHBRIDGE – A second woman who was arrested and charged after two young children were found in a freezing car in 2016 has received a Conditional Discharge.
The penalty comes with one year of probation, during which the 32-year-old Blood Tribe woman – who cannot be named to protect the identity of her child – must keep the peace and be of good behaviour, and take any counselling or treatment as recommended by her probation officer. If she follows those conditions, she will not receive a criminal record for the offence.
The Crown had been asking for a three-month Conditional Sentence Order (house-arrest), followed by nine to 12 months of probation.
The woman pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to provide the necessaries of life in April, one month after her 25-year-old co-accused also received a Conditional Discharge.