'Mommy is sorry': Regina woman guilty of killing her toddler accepts responsibility during sentencing submissions
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A Regina woman wishes she could take back her actions that killed her toddler in June 2021. During sentencing submissions, Brittney Burghardt told court that she failed her kids and takes full responsibility.
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A Regina woman wishes she could take back her actions that killed her toddler in June 2021. During sentencing submissions, Brittney Burghardt told court that she failed her kids and takes full responsibility.all
Burghardt, 28, previously pleaded guilty to forcible confinement and manslaughter in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Kassie. She was initially charged with second-degree murder.
The Crown wants to see Burghardt spend a total of at least 12 years in prison for her offences. The defence argued for a lesser sentence of two years in custody given her reduced cognitive capacity and lower moral blameworthiness.
Autopsy results confirm Kassie died from blunt force trauma to the head in June 2021, one month before her third birthday.
Kassie suffered the injury after being repeatedly thrown into a wall by her mother, according to an agreed statement of facts between the Crown and defence.
“If I had the chance to go back, I would stop, think and change my actions for the better for her and her brother and sister,” Burghardt said in court while reading a statement she wrote.
