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Sentencing Date To Be Set For Parents Of Toddler Who Died Of Meningitis

Darpan News Desk, 13 Jun, 2016 11:54 AM
    LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A sentencing date is to be set today in a southern Alberta courtroom for a couple found guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their toddler son who had meningitis.
     
    David and Collet Stephan, whose family helped start a nutritional supplements company, were convicted by a jury in April in the 2012  death of 19-month-old Ezekiel.
     
    Court heard the couple thought the boy had croup or the flu, so they treated him with hot peppers, garlic, onions and horseradish — even though a family friend who was a nurse told them she thought Ezekiel had meningitis.
     
     
    The defence argued the Stephans were loving, responsible parents who simply didn't realize how sick their son was.
     
    The prosecution said it was a clear-cut case of the couple failing to seek the medical care that Ezekiel required.
     
    Sentencing arguments are tentatively scheduled for next week, but it's expected the judge will delay his decision until the fall.

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