'I wanted to find my daughter': Sask. mother testifies in case against ex-husband accused in abduction

The ex-wife of a Saskatchewan man accused of abducting the couple's child in late 2021 to keep her from getting a COVID-19 vaccine testified at Regina's Court of King's Bench Tuesday as the trial entered its second day of proceedings.

The ex-wife of a Saskatchewan man accused of abducting the couple’s child in late 2021 to keep her from getting a COVID-19 vaccine testified at Regina’s Court of King’s Bench Tuesday as the trial entered its second day of proceedings.

Michael Gordon Jackson, 53, is standing trial for contravention of a custody order for withholding the then 7-year-old from November 2021 to February 2022.

The two were found in Vernon, B.C. after a Canada-wide warrant was placed on Jackson.

CTV News has decided to not use the mother’s name moving forward to protect the identity of the daughter.

According to testimony, the couple met in May 2013 at the diner the woman was working at in Carnduff, Sask. They were married in September of that year.

In April 2014, they had a daughter.

The couple separated in December 2016.