On May 6, 2016, Lauren Etchells fled Canada with daughter Kaydance in violation of a court order. She was finally caught three years later after arriving in Jersey with her parents in an inflatable dingy
The Crown has stayed a charge of child abduction against a Saanich mother who spent seven years on the run from a Canadian court order.
Etchells married Tasha Brown in August 2012 and gave birth to their daughter, Kaydance, in September 2014 using a sperm donor. The couple separated in July 2015. Etchells was given full custody, but Brown was working to get equal custody. According to The Guardian, Etchells was convicted after a four-day trial of two charges of exposing a child to risk of harm.She and her parents were each sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 12 months, and fined 500 pounds. They were also ordered to pay costs of 1,600 pounds between them, The Guardian reported.
But he also found the water around Jersey can be “very dangerous” and both children were exposed to a risk of harm, The Guardian reported.
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