Calgary grandparents accused in the death of five-year-old Emilio Perdomo appeared in court Monday morning.
Allan and Carolina Perdomo appeared in person in court. The case has been put over until Friday to allow their defence lawyers time to get disclosure.
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Both defence counsel say they will be seeking bail but have been told the Crown will be opposing the pair’s release.
The Perdomos are being held at the Calgary Remand Centre.
The couple was arrested Friday morning and charged with manslaughter for the death of their grandson.
“These are normal people in a very awful situation facing very serious charges,” Carolina’s lawyer Brendan Miller said Monday.
In July 2015, Emilio was taken to a clinic and later rushed to the Alberta Children’s Hospital, where he died July 17, 2015.
He died from multiple blunt force trauma injuries. Police said he had swelling and bruising all over his body, as well as other serious injuries.
Investigators sought input on the case from radiologists, emergency doctors, forensic pathologists and neuropathologists and received a final medical report on this file on June 30, 2016.
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The medical evidence in this case, according to police, is “monstrous.”
Allan and Carolina told hospital workers Emilio had sustained a series of short falls, police said Friday.
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Emilio’s mother in Mexico wanted him to have a better life, so she sent him to stay with his grandparents in Canada in February 2014.
Emilio was seen by a doctor about two months after he arrived in Canada and was found to be in good health.
The case has been put over until July 28 when it’s expected a date for a bail hearing will be scheduled.
“Our primary concern is these are still allegations at this point and people are presumed innocent until proven guilty,” Allan’s defence lawyer Darren Mahoney said.
“My application will be if the Crown can’t present any evidence on Thursday as to why our clients should be detained, I will be asking the court to release them,” he continued.
The Crown had sought a no contact order for Allan and Carolina, but the judge declined that request.
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