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Couple didn't provide basics of life to granddaughter: judge
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The Canadian Press
Date: Friday Feb. 3, 2012 1:06 PM ET
REGINA — A judge has found a Saskatchewan couple guilty of not providing the basics of life to their granddaughter.
Reading his decision in a Regina courtroom, Judge Frank Gerein said the evidence against the grandparents was -- quote -- "extensive and compelling."
He said he was satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the Crown had proven the offence.
The couple said during their trial that they couldn't properly care for the three-year-old girl because they lacked government assistance.
The Crown said the girl was starved, beaten and confined to a room in the basement of the couple's home in the Fort Qu'Appelle area.
The girl, who is now seven, was taken away from her drug-addicted mother in early 2007 and the grandparents won custody later that year.
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