A Manitoba woman who killed her newborn baby is not going to jail.
27-year-old Selena Stevenson was given an 18-month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to the rare charge of infanticide. Court heard Stevenson placed a plastic bag over her baby's head. The body was discovered in the dump of the Peguis First Nation in March 2003.
Infanticide is described in the criminal code as a female that causes the death of her infant when she has not fully recovered from childbirth. The provision also states it's when the woman's mind is disturbed.
Her lawyer Greg Bodsky says his client was hoping the baby would not be born because a man she was living with would not acknowledge he was the child's father. Brodsky adds Stevenson was an abused and battered woman.
Stevenson must remain at a residence on the Fisher River Cree Nation and complete addictions counselling under the terms of her sentence.
CJOB's Jeff Keele reporting.
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27-year-old Selena Stevenson was given an 18-month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to the rare charge of infanticide. Court heard Stevenson placed a plastic bag over her baby's head. The body was discovered in the dump of the Peguis First Nation in March 2003.
Infanticide is described in the criminal code as a female that causes the death of her infant when she has not fully recovered from childbirth. The provision also states it's when the woman's mind is disturbed.
Her lawyer Greg Bodsky says his client was hoping the baby would not be born because a man she was living with would not acknowledge he was the child's father. Brodsky adds Stevenson was an abused and battered woman.
Stevenson must remain at a residence on the Fisher River Cree Nation and complete addictions counselling under the terms of her sentence.
CJOB's Jeff Keele reporting.
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