"A boy Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney were trying to adopt died because of years of torture in their Burlington, Ont., home, the Crown told the couple's murder trial. The women locked the boy in a small basement bedroom, often in restraints even as he was on the brink of death, without a proper bed, enough food or medical attention, assistant Crown attorney Monica MacKenzie argued on Monday in Superior Court in Milton."
"MacKenzie finished her cross-examination by putting the Crown's theory to Cooney about how the 12-year-old boy died on Dec. 21, 2022. Both women have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other counts. For days, Cooney repeatedly denied MacKenzie's assertions, blamed the boy for his deteriorating health or said she couldn't recall specific details. Boy's death completely foreseeable,' Crown argues At times Monday, Cooney appeared emotional when discussing the boy's final hours alive, wiping her eyes with a tissue."
"You and Ms. Hamber stunted his growth and caused him to be an emaciated skeleton,' as Ms. Hamber described him, MacKenzie said. Ultimately, the tragedy was completely foreseeable to you and Hamber. Not at all, Cooney responded. Crown lawyer Monica MacKenzie, left, questions Cooney in a Milton, Ont., courtroom on Dec. 9 in the trial that began in mid-September. (Pam Davies/CBC)"
A 12-year-old boy identified as L.L. died on Dec. 21, 2022, after prolonged abuse at a Burlington, Ont., home. The Crown alleges the boy endured years of torture, was locked in a small basement bedroom, often bound in restraints and deprived of a proper bed, sufficient food and medical attention. Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney face first-degree murder charges and related counts including confinement, assault with a weapon (zip ties) and failing to provide the necessaries of life to a younger brother, J.L. Cooney testified repeatedly denying or disputing those allegations during the trial before Justice Clayton Conlan.
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