Manitoba Man To Be Sentenced In Child Abuse Case

A sentence could be handed down Wednesday for the final man who admitted to abusing children in a small Manitoba town. Ā The Old Order Mennonite man was one of five charged in an investigation involving dozens of children abused in a horse-and-buggy community between 2011 and 2013. Ā The Crown is asking forĀ a federal prison sentence for him.

The man pleaded guilty to one count of assault andĀ sevenĀ counts of assault with a weapon. Ā Court hearings hadĀ describedĀ him as the “main actor” in the abuse. Ā Court documents also saidĀ he conceivedĀ the idea of using cattle prods on the children.

Two sentenced men received jail timeĀ of six months to a year. Another, who was sentenced in late June, received a year and a halfĀ behind bars while aĀ woman was handed three years probation for her role in abusingĀ girls with a cattle prod and hitting one with a strap.

Social workers took 42 children from 10 families into their custody after the abuse was discovered.

 

 

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