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Nov 28, 2024 1:21 PM - The Canadian Press

Bail denied for woman accused in child's drowning death at Alberta lake

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The girl cannot be identified under a court-ordered publication ban.

An Alberta woman charged in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl has been denied bail while she awaits trial.

Justice Rosanna Saccomani said there is a concern the accused, Mary Quinn, poses a significant risk to public safety. Saccomani issued the decision in provincial court in Stony Plain. Quinn, who is 35, was charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after the girl drowned Oct. 13 at Wabamun Lake, west of Edmonton.

The girl cannot be identified under a court-ordered publication ban.

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