SchaferAutismReport: Mother Admits To Drowning Autistic Child

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PEOPLEMother Admits To Drowning Autistic Child By Terrine Friday xrl.in/5mke

Xuan Peng, 38, talks to the media after she was sentenced yesterday. She pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2004 drowning death of her four-year-old daughter Scarlett. Kari/National Post A woman who drowned her four-year-old daughter in a bathtub six years ago told a Toronto court yesterday she hoped to have children in the future — then walked

out a free woman. “I still want to have a baby. I won’t kill another baby,†said Xuan Peng, 38, in between sobs after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Peng was sentenced to five years in prison. Since she had already been in pre-trial custody for 30 months, Peng was given two-for-one credit for time served and was released yesterday afternoon. She was originally convicted of second-degree murder in March 2008 and was sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for at least 10 years. The conviction was quashed and a new trial ordered last December, when it was revealed Superior Court Justice Lou Benotto erred in her instructions to the jury. In a statement of facts submitted to the court, the prosecution and the defence agreed to a manslaughter charge and the lenient term noting the

significance of Peng’s bipolar disorder when coupled with raising an autistic child. “Given her unique circumstances, especially given the stresses in her life and her mental state, a five-year prison sentence seemed the appropriate range,†assistant Crown attorney Levy said. Peng gave birth to her daughter, Scarlett, in 2000 and went into depression. Unable to care for For rest of today's SAR click here:www.sarnet.org/frm/forsar.htm

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