Lethbridge woman who left child in freezing car given conditional discharge
LETHBRIDGE – A mother who left her three-year-old child in a freezing car while she went to a downtown bar, has been given a conditional discharge by the court.
The woman cannot be named to protect the identity of the child.
As part of her sentence she will have one year of probation, and if she complies with all of the conditions included in that – abstain from the use of alcohol and drugs, attend counselling as directed by her supervisor, among others – she will be granted a discharge that will result in no criminal record.
During the sentencing hearing, the woman’s lawyer, Darcy Shurtz, argued for the conditional discharge, saying the 25-year-old showed significant remorse for her actions, as demonstrated by steps she had already taken to rehabilitate herself.