A 34-year-old woman found not criminally responsible after abandoning her toddler in a rural field will remain detained at a Montreal psychiatric hospital.
Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud delivered the ruling at the Valleyfield, Que., courthouse on Tuesday, saying that despite the progress she’s made in her recovery she still poses a risk to the public.
“I understand that you are eager to be released, but I think we need to take it step by step, gradually,” he told the woman, whose name is under publication ban to protect the identity of her daughter.
“I’m confident that eventually you’ll be able to resume your personal and professional life, to a normal or somewhat-normal extent—I believe it sincerely—but we must not rush things.”…