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The Supreme Court of Canada has restored a woman’s conviction for attempting to kill her mother by injecting her with insulin.
In June 2019, a neighbour found the woman — identified only as B.F. due to a publication ban — her mother and B.F.’s 19-month-old daughter unconscious in their home.
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Emergency responders discovered five empty insulin pens at the scene, along with a handwritten note.
A jury found B.F. guilty of attempting to murder her mother and daughter.
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The Ontario Court of Appeal allowed B.F.’s appeal on the attempted murder of her mother and ordered a new trial on the charge.
The Court of Appeal dismissed B.F.’s challenge of her conviction for attempting to kill her child — a decision upheld in the Supreme Court ruling today.
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