The accused, a single mother, was charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of uttering a threat to cause death after choking and smothering her three children.
The accused admitted to the acts and to endangering their lives, but argued she lacked the specific intent to kill due to advanced intoxication and a blackout.
The court found that while the accused was not in a state of advanced intoxication, the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she intended to kill her children, as she stopped the assault herself, instructed her child to call 911, and expressed a desire to protect them from herself.
The accused was found not guilty of attempted murder but guilty of the lesser included offences of aggravated assault and uttering threats.
