The sister of a disabled woman from British Columbia who passed away while receiving care is speaking out in opposition to the conditional sentence the caregiver was given following the death.
When Florence Girard passed away from malnutrition, she weighed only 56 pounds. The 54-year-old, who had down syndrome and was in Astrid Dahl’s custody, was recently found guilty of failing to provide for basic needs and was sentenced to a conditional discharge.
According to Global News, the victim’s sister has written to the Crown attorney requesting an appeal.
“(The) Crown is silent. In no way. The courts obviously don’t care, according to Girard’s sister Sharon Bursey. “A curfew and probation are absurd. My sister died from starvation.
In 2018, Girard passed away at Dahl’s Port Coquitlam home.
According to Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Michael Mclaughlin, “When our officers arrived at this call of a sudden death, there was no evidence of trauma or abuse.”
“However, there were signs that the victim had not been given the attention she needed.
“Malnutrition and hunger” was given as the official cause of death.
For approximately eight years, Florence Girard shared a home with Dahl as part of a residential home-sharing arrangement that was supervised by the nonprofit Kinsight Community Society.
Bursey claimed that the sentence conveys a disturbing connotation.
That they are irrelevant, Bursey remarked. “A slap on the wrist is not going to cut it now.
Everyone is aware that my sister or anyone else in foster care has nothing to fear and cannot be vindicated.
Bursey said it’s too late to save her sister, but she’s vowing to do whatever she can to prevent others from experiencing such a devastating loss..
the sister of BC woman who died in care requests an appeal of the caregiver’s sentence
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