Former Edmonton soldier handed 10-year sentence for trying to kill her children
Justice John Little announced his decision in an Edmonton courtroom on Thursday afternoon, hours after members of the woman’s family had their victim impact statements read at a sentencing hearing.
“I tried to kill myself because my mother tried to kill me, so I thought I should be dead,” the woman’s son said through a written statement. He is one of the woman’s three children who were all under 10 years old when she started a fire in their home in 2015 with the aim of killing them. The woman, who cannot have her name shared because of a publication ban meant to protect the identity of her children, wasThe mother was also found guilty of two other crimes: intentionally or recklessly causing damage by fire to a property knowing the property was inhabited and intentionally or recklessly causing damage by fire to a property belonging to the Canadian Armed Forces. She is no longer a soldier as she was discharged by the military.
“She tried to take away my kids from me,” the children’s father said in a written statement read in court on Thursday. “ shows how much hate she has towards me.
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