Amanda Dumont

• Judge sentences Amanda Dumont and Scott Bakker to 9 years, says they spun a ‘web of deceit’

  Amanda Dumont and Scott Bakker have both been sentenced to nine years in the death of baby Ryker Daponte-Michaud.

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  Nov 23, 2017
  
• Sisters describe trauma caused by scalding death of baby Ryker during sentencing hearing in London

  Ryker Daponte-Michaud's older sisters struggle with the trauma of his death, the court heard during the first day of a sentencing hearing for their mother and her ex-boyfriend.

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  Nov 22, 2017
  
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• Sentencing in death of baby Ryker Daponte begins today

  Dumont and Bakker's sentencing hearing is scheduled to run today and tomorrow. It's unclear if victim impact statements will be read.

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  Nov 22, 2017
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• Amanda Dumont and Scott Bakker to be sentenced mid-November in baby Ryker death

  Twenty-month-old Ryker Daponte-Michaud died in his crib from dehydration and shock, three days after a spilled cup of coffee left him with third-degree burns.

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  Oct 17, 2017
• Former Strathroy couple charged in toddler’s scalding death found guilty

  Amanda Dumont and Scott Bakker have been found guilty to a joint charge of criminal negligence causing death and separate charges of failing to provide the necessaries of life.

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  Sep 28, 2017
• Pair charged in scalding toddler death will learn judge’s verdict in three months

  The trial is coming to a close more than three years after little Ryker Daponte-Michaud died from dehydration and shock on May 21, 2014.

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  Jul 5, 2017
• Closing arguments underway in trial for baby Ryker death case

  Bakker's defence lawyer argued his client was not responsible for providing the necessities of life when Ryker Daponte-Michaud was badly burned by a cup of hot coffee.

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  Jul 4, 2017
• Former Strathroy couple pleads not guilty during second trial for scalding death of a toddler

  Amanda Dumont and Scott Bakker plead not guilty to charges of criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessaries of life.

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  Jun 5, 2017
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• New trial begins Monday for Strathroy couple charged in toddler’s death

  Following a mistrial late last year, a new trial begins Monday for Amanda Dumont and Scott Bakker.

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  Jun 5, 2017