A Windsor mother has received a 12-month probation term following a child abduction case.
Karen Hoyt, 35, pleaded guilty to assault and unlawful entry. A charge of abduction was dropped.
In October 2016, police were called to a home on California Ave, south of Girardot, for an 18-month old boy who was abducted by his biological mother, who was not the legal guardian.
The legal guardian, Hoyt's mother, tried to get Hoyt out of the house, but there was a physical altercation.
Hoyt grabbed the child and fled on foot but was located by police on Sandwich St.
The child was in good health and safe.
Hoyt's lawyer Evie Lipton says it was motivated by passion and frustration over the loss of her children in her care.
She says the sentence is fair.
"It is appropriate in the circumstances, given the nature of the charges, and that she is before the court as a first time offender as well as an adult."
Lipton says Hoyt has learned her lesson and knows that the children are in a better place with her mother.
"You don't take the law into your own hands," warned Justice Sharman Bondy.
Hoyt has already spent the equivalent of 27 days in custody.
The crown had been asking for a jail term of 3 months but Justice Bondy felt the time spent in custody was sufficient.