South Surrey mother Lisa Batstone 91裸聊视频� found guilty in March of second-degree murder in her daughter Teagan91裸聊视频檚 December 2014 death 91裸聊视频� should have to wait 16 to 18 years before she can apply for parole, Crown counsel submitted Wednesday.
The facts, prosecutor Christopher McPherson argued, 91裸聊视频渓ie squarely within the highest range of parole ineligibility.91裸聊视频�
Defence counsel agreed the offence was 91裸聊视频渙ne of the worst crimes,91裸聊视频� but submitted an ineligibility term of 10 years was appropriate, noting 91裸聊视频渦nless Miss Batstone is able to establish that she is fit for release, she will remain in jail for the rest of her life.91裸聊视频�
Crown says South Surrey mother who killed daughter should spend 16-18 years in jail before being eligible to apply for parole.
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The conviction comes with an automatic life sentence. Lawyers are making submissions today on just how long Batstone 91裸聊视频� who smothered Teagan with a plastic bag 91裸聊视频� should remain ineligible for parole, and Justice Catherine Murray is hearing victim-impact statements, including from Teagan91裸聊视频檚 dad, Gabe Batstone.
Gabe Batstone told Murray he is haunted every day by all the little things he can no longer share with his daughter: trips to the grocery store and the park, comforting her.
91裸聊视频淚 miss everything, and that never goes away,91裸聊视频� he said.
He said he is angered at the impact her murder has had on his two young sons, describing the boys91裸聊视频� sadness, confusion, survivor91裸聊视频檚 guilt and more.
Gabe Batstone also expressed concern with the court process.
91裸聊视频淥ften not seen and difficult to prepare for is the slowness of this process,91裸聊视频� he told the court. 91裸聊视频淔our years later, just days before Father91裸聊视频檚 Day, I sit reliving the worst day of my life91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
In finding Batstone guilty in March, Murray 91裸聊视频� noting the only issue for her to rule on was whether Batstone 91裸聊视频渉ad the requisite intent for second-degree murder91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� found 91裸聊视频渢he killing was deliberate.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭he accused91裸聊视频檚 actions were purposeful and goal-driven,91裸聊视频� Murray said.
Batstone was charged after eight-year-old Teagan91裸聊视频檚 body was found in the trunk of a car in a cul-de-sac off Crescent Road on Dec. 10, 2014.
During trial, prosecutors pointed to the fact that Batstone never called 911, and that she left notes that read 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 so sorry,91裸聊视频� as well as a four-page letter with phrases that included, 91裸聊视频淚 couldn91裸聊视频檛 imagine leaving here and leaving her to him,91裸聊视频� as among evidence that made it clear Batstone had intended to kill Teagan.
Defence counsel had argued it was 91裸聊视频渋mpossible to know91裸聊视频� what truly was in Batstone91裸聊视频檚 mind91裸聊视频� in the moments before she smothered her daughter.
In her reasons for judgment, Murray noted that Batstone 91裸聊视频渄id nothing to try to save91裸聊视频� Teagan.
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