Bail denied for woman accused in child’s drowning death at Wabamun Lake

An Alberta pistillate accused successful the drowning decease of a five-year-old miss silently shook her caput Wednesday arsenic a justice denied her bail pending trial.

Mary Quinn, dressed successful a yellow, organization jumpsuit, heard the ruling portion appearing remotely via video successful provincial tribunal successful Stony Plain, westbound of Edmonton, connected Wednesday.

Justice Rosanna Saccomani told tribunal determination is simply a interest Quinn could airs a important hazard to nationalist information if she were released.

Saccomani said the Crown authoritative elaborate a beardown lawsuit against Quinn, calling the substance a “parent’s worst nightmare.”

“If you had remained successful your location connected Oct. 13, 2024, a five-year-old small miss would inactive beryllium live today,” Saccomani said successful her decision, addressing the accused.

Quinn, 35, is charged with failing to supply the necessaries of beingness aft the girl, whose individuality is protected nether a work ban, drowned Oct. 13 astatine Wabamun Lake, westbound of Edmonton.

No different work prohibition was ordered Wednesday oregon imposed connected a bail proceeding past week erstwhile lawyers for some sides argued the details of Quinn’s case.

At past week’s hearing, Crown authoritative John Schmidt urged Quinn not beryllium released. It’s not believed Quinn deliberately planned to termination the child, helium said, but helium said her actions amusement an effort to fell her involvement.

He alleged Quinn told antithetic stories to bystanders astir what happened, ranging from the miss falling retired of the canoe to chasing a duck and flipping the craft.

Saccomani said Wednesday that Quinn’s communicative doesn’t lucifer those provided by witnesses.

The Crown antecedently told tribunal Quinn was violating the presumption of her location apprehension nether different offence erstwhile she went to Wabamun Lake that day.

Quinn didn’t get support from her bail supervisor to sojourn the lake, helium said.

Court did not perceive however the kid ended up successful Quinn’s canoe, but Schmidt said the brace were strangers to each different and that the child’s begetter didn’t springiness the accused the OK to instrumentality her retired connected the water.

Neither wore a life-jacket, said Schmidt.

The girl’s begetter went to look for his girl erstwhile helium realized she was missing, the authoritative said.

A radical of fishermen saw Quinn’s canoe astatine the acold extremity of Moonlight Bay, wherever she appeared to beryllium holding thing successful the water, said Schmidt.

Someone connected the enactment flew a drone implicit the canoe, wherever the accused was allegedly seen holding the miss nether the water, helium said.

When the girl’s begetter came crossed the accused’s canoe to inquire wherever his girl was, Quinn said she didn’t know, the authoritative said. The Crown alleges the begetter past saw a tiny ft poking retired from nether the canoe.

Schmidt said the begetter pulled the miss into the vessel and performed CPR until paramedics took implicit connected shore. The miss was aboriginal pronounced dead.

Defence lawyer Jason Leung argued past week that his lawsuit should beryllium released and that she could beryllium trusted to travel strict conditions.

Quinn’s adjacent tribunal day is acceptable for Jan. 8, 2025.