Failing To Provide The Necessaries Of Life

• Ottawa police charge man, woman in death of 7-week-old boy

  Ottawa police have charged a man and a woman in connection with the 2021 death of a seven-week-old boy. 

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  Mar 6, 2023
  
• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in case of Alberta parents who’ve faced 2 trials in son’s death

  The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear an appeal in a high-profile Alberta case that saw David and Colett Stephan tried twice in the death of their sick toddler.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2022
  
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• Failure to provide necessaries of life charge laid in death of newborn: St. Thomas police

  Few details have been released, but police say they began their investigation in June 2021 after a newborn died following an unassisted home birth in St. Thomas, Ont.

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  May 4, 2022
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• David and Collet Stephan hope to appeal Alberta ruling on third trial to top court

  An Alberta toddler's parents who have faced two trials in his death say they want to take an Appeal Court order for a third trial to the Supreme Court of Canada.

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  Apr 26, 2021
• Case against Calgary parents charged with severe neglect of adult son put over

  The parents of a 27-year-old Calgary man found unresponsive in the family's Falcon Ridge home in October 2020 are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday morning. 

  Crime

  Feb 4, 2021
• ‘His life was in danger’: Calgary police charge parents with adult son’s ‘severe’ neglect

  Police said the victim, a 27-year-old man, suffered from a medical condition and was completely dependent on his parents for all his basic needs.

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  Jan 15, 2021
• Date set for court to hear Crown’s appeal of David and Collet Stephan verdict

  In his ruling, Justice Terry Clackson sided with an expert for the defence, who said the child died from a lack of oxygen and not bacterial meningitis.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2020
• David Stephan argues medical professionals failed son who died of meningitis

  An Alberta man whose son died of meningitis has told a court in Lethbridge, Alta., that the Crown has failed to prove he and his wife were responsible.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2019
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• Call for charges to be reinstated against guardians of 4-year-old Serenity as lawsuit winds through the courts

  A man and woman had been jointly charged in 2017 with failing to provide the necessaries of life, not in connection with her death, but with the conditions of her care.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2019
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• Charges in Serenity case ‘should never have been brought’: lawyer

  A lawyer for one of two caregivers for a four-year-old Indigenous girl who died says charges should never have been laid against them and a publication ban should be lifted from a report on the child's death.

  Crime

  Aug 14, 2019