By Benson McCulloch

Woman sentenced for baby’s drowning at Saskatoon motel

Jan 14, 2011 | 6:17 AM

Tears flowed in a Saskatoon courtroom Thursday during the sentencing of a woman from Green Lake.

Three and a half years ago, Tera Bouvier was staying at a motel on Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon with her two small children when she left them unattended in a bathtub.

Her eight-month-old baby boy ended up drowning.

Court heard Bouvier left the room to get a bucket of ice. She was then locked out of her room and had to run to the front desk to get the key card reprogrammed. By the time she returned, her child was dead.

Bouvier ended up pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing death.

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The judge called the case a tragic accident, but one that was preventable.

Bouvier was handed a one-year jail term to be served in the community.