Montreal mother who abandoned child to stay detained
September 16, 2025
A 34-year-old woman found not criminally responsible after abandoning her toddler in a rural field will remain detained at a Montreal psychiatric hospital.
Quebec court Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud delivered his decision at the Valleyfield, Que., courthouse, saying that despite her improving mental health she still poses a risk to the public.
On Monday St-Arnaud determined the woman was not criminally responsible for her actions because she was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the crime.
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