The Crown has successfully appealed the “baby in the washroom” case to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court announced today that it will hear the appeal to overturn the acquittal of a woman who gave birth in a Walmart washroom and left the newborn in a toilet. The mother, April Halkett has been found not guilty by two courts. At the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, which upheld the findings of a trial judge, Justice Neil Gabrielson said he believed Halkett’s testimony that she didn’t know she was pregnant and left the store because she thought the child was dead.
