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Criminal Code, section 218

Abandoning a child

Maximum: 5 years
Mandatory minimum: No mandatory minimum
Kind of offence: Violent
Prosecuted: By indictment or summary conviction

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1 case with this offence

July 6, 2022
R. v. Isadore, 2022 NSSC 209Manslaughter; Abandoning a child, Port Hawkesbury. Justice Patrick J. Duncan
18 years' imprisonment (15 years manslaughter, 3 years consecutive abandonment), less 1,374 days' remand credit

Judges who sentenced this offence

The Honourable Justice Patrick J. Duncan1 case, leniency score 27

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