Sask. dad who withheld daughter from mom to prevent COVID-19 vaccine to be sentenced Friday
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A Saskatchewan father who withheld his then seven-year-old daughter from her mother to prevent the child from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine will be sentenced on Friday.
A Saskatchewan father who withheld his then seven-year-old daughter from her mother to prevent the child from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine will be sentenced on Friday.
Micheal Gordon Jackson, 55, was found guilty of contravention of a custody order following two weeks of court proceedings last spring.
Jackson kept his daughter from her mother for nearly 100 days in the winter of 2021-2022. This sparked an international search for the pair who were eventually located in Vernon, B.C. in February 2022 after going missing in November 2021 following a visitation.
The Crown has asked for a two-year prison sentence with time served on remand, plus three years of probation and 200 hours of community service.
Jackson, who represented himself through the entire legal proceeding, feels that he has served enough time after spending more than a year (541 days) in jail on remand.
During that time, Jackson said his daughter was not allowed to visit him. He also told the court that he faced mistreatment while behind bars from correctional staff and fellow inmates.
Jackson alleged while in jail he was singled out, claiming that other inmates meddled with his food and that his cell was trashed by staff during searches.
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