WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg mom has been found not guilty of child abandonment after leaving her six-year-old son home alone for 90 minutes.
Court heard the mom went out in July 2013 to pick up some medication and visit some clients in her work as a health care aide.
The boy’s father spotted his estranged wife alone in her car and called the home and the boy answered.
The father then called police,who arrived to find the boy safe, sitting in front of the TV with some puzzles and art projects, eating a snack.
Officers described him as a bright, sociable kid and thought he was older than six, and said the house was clean with no immediate dangers in sight.
Judge Margaret Wiebe said while the mom’s decision to leave the boy alone showed poor judgment, the Crown did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the boy was in any danger.
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