CMEDIA: An appeal reportedly has been denied to an Edmonton woman, accused of trying to kill her three children.
In order to protect the identities of her children, the woman’s name is not disclosed.
The woman was a former military member, and set fire to her home on the Edmonton Canadian Forces Base in 2015.
The court heard during her 10-day trial that the woman had learned her estranged ex-husband was to gain primary custody of her three children.
She gave her children Nyquil days later, and removed the smoke detectors in the home before starting a fire in the basement.
Although the defence argued the woman had nothing to do with the fire, the Crown Prosecutor said that she had sent a farewell note with $10,000 in cash to a friend as proof of her intentions.
After she was found guilty on three counts of attempted murder and arson in 2023, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The woman in her appeal argued the judge in her trial failed to consider whether her evidence raised a reasonable doubt of guilt in the evidence around the fire.
The appeal was dismissed Friday by a panel of three judges saying the judge reportedly “relied on reason and common sense, life experience and logic in assessing the appellant’s credibility.”
“The appellant has not established that the trial judge misapprehended any material evidence, nor that he relied on prejudicial or stereotypical reasoning in drawing inferences and assessing the evidence,” the court decision read.
After escaping fire, all three children are now living with their father.
