Canada: Mother faces sentencing in child abuse-murder case

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'Bykewich said every once in a while there is a case that is so horrific, a person with any kind of empathy simply cannot fathom it.

Bykewich asked for a sentence of 23 to 25 years, saying the only mitigating factor is the guilty plea, which came late and only after the woman's husband pleaded guilty and accused her of inflicting all of the children's physical injuries.

Earlier in Monday's hearing, an Alberta Children and Youth Services social worker testified she and her colleagues "could never have prepared for such a horrendous case" of child abuse as that of child "M" and her twin sister.
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The two-year-old girl, who can only be identified as “M” under Alberta child welfare legislation, died after being removed from life-support following a lengthy court battle between the parents and doctors.

The twins had been beaten and starved.

The mother, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of her surviving children, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, aggravated assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life.'

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