Collet and David Stephan are charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life to 19-month-old Ezekiel who died in March 2012.A judge is to rule today whether an Alberta couple who treated their son with herbal remedies rather than seek medical attention should be held responsible in his death.
They were found guilty by a jury in 2016, but the Supreme Court of Canada set aside the conviction and ordered a new trial.“It feels good after three months of trial, after 6 1/2 years of prosecution and 7 1/2 years of this, to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” David Stephan said last month at the end of closing arguments.
The medical examiner who did the autopsy said Ezekiel died of bacterial meningitis and there was no sign his brain was deprived of oxygen, but a defence pathologist said he died from a lack of oxygen to the brain. They said he appeared to be recovering at times and they saw no reason to take him to hospital, despite his having a fever and lacking energy.A family friend, who is a nurse and midwife, testified that she advised Collet Stephan the day before to get a medical opinion. The friend feared “something more internal like meningitis.
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