CALGARY—Two southern Alberta parents convicted of failing to get proper medical treatment for their son are appealing the court’s verdict. The toddler was treated with hot peppers, garlic, onions and horseradish and later died in hospital of meningitis. Their move joins an appeal filed Thursday from the Crown, which argues the sentences given to the couple were too lenient. David Stephan, 33, and his wife Collet, 36, are seeking to overturn the judgment, said Calgary lawyer Karen Molle. Jerke said that although both parents were “wilfully blind” to the boy’s condition, the father was especially so.

Source: thestar July 09, 2016 23:48 UTC