Missed noticing this update from December. It appears as if cooler heads might be prevailing as the respective charges work their way through the court system although no additional recent updates to be found. I think this case is an example of how SM and outside influence may create unfounded hysteria and provoke people into taking senseless action for a cause that never was there.
The maternal grandmother of two Cochrane girls who went missing after their father was granted interim custody pleaded guilty Wednesday to their abduction.
calgaryherald.com
Grandmother pleads guilty to abducting Cochrane girls in contravention of custody order
The maternal grandmother of two Cochrane girls who went missing after their father was granted interim custody pleaded guilty Wednesday to their abduction….
……In June, Cochrane RCMP laid further charges against the girls’ mother and grandfather, Michael O’Driscoll.
Those charges remain outstanding as the two attempt to sort out legal representation. They’re next due in court Jan. 3.
Following the abduction, the mother’s lawyer, Diann Castle, argued before the Alberta Court of Appeal that Price was wrong to have switched custody to the father after finding Jacqueline O’Driscoll in contempt.
But a three-member appeal panel found Price was acting within her power to change the custody arrangement after the contempt finding.
Because Simenik elected to proceed by summary offence, rather than indictable, the maximum punishment Therese O’Driscoll could face would be a fine of $5,000 and two years less a day in jail….”