‘Occasional abuse:’ Woman who assaulted orphan nieces gets probation, no jail
CALGARY — A judge has spared a woman who assaulted two orphaned nieces in her care from going to jail because of her mental state at the time.
At a hearing Thursday, Justice Sandy Park gave the woman an 18-month suspended sentence and ordered that she report to a probation officer.
Earlier this month, Park said he accepted testimony from the woman’s trial that she hit her nieces with a wooden spoon, cables and other objects, and that she pulled and pinched their mouths.
He rejected allegations of abuse that included piercing the girls’ tongues with needles, making them drink their own vomit and burning them with barbecue lighters.