Montreal mom declared not criminally responsible of abandoning toddler
September 15, 2025
The mother of a three-year-old Montreal girl who was found alive after being abandoned in a rural Ontario field has been declared not criminally responsible of the crime.
Quebec court Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud has ruled that the 34-year-old woman cannot be held criminally responsible by way of mental disorder.
The woman faced charges of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and unlawful abandonment of a child.
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