‘He was worried about the girl:’ Man to be sentenced on Amber Alert charges
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — A six-year old autistic girl occupied with a computer tablet was strapped in the back seat of a running SUV when her mother ran into a food shop at a Saskatchewan strip mall.
At the same time, a young man with an intellectual disability was in the same area and wanted to go for a joy ride.
The theft of the Mercedes, and the child inside, sparked an Amber Alert and an extensive search in North Battleford, Sask., last September that ended 14 hours later when the girl was found unharmed in the vehicle a few kilometres away.
Details emerged in court during a sentencing hearing Wednesday.