The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld the 13 year sentence handed to Stacey Joy Bordeaux in the death of her baby boy.
Bordeaux smothered the baby in 2004. In 2010, she tried to kill her five-year-old son who survived, but with permanent brain damage.
Bordeaux was convicted of manslaughter, attempted murder and failing to provide the necessities of life.
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The crown appealed, arguing the 13 year sentence was not severe enough. It asked for a sentence of 18 years.
On Monday, the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld Bourdeaux’s original sentence.
Bourdeaux’s 10-month-old, Sean Ronald Fewer, was found not breathing in his crib in December 2004. At the time, his death did not raise any suspicion with the medical examiner, who ruled it was a case of sudden infant death syndrome.
In May 2010, police were called to Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary where a five-year-old boy was brought in with breathing trouble.
A few months later, police charged Bourdeaux with attempted murder and choking with intent. They looked into her background and that’s when they discovered Sean’s death.
Bourdeaux pleaded guilty to the charges laid against her.
With files from Canadian Press
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