Her husband — the boy's biological father — was found guilty of aggravated assault, sexual assault causing bodily harm, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life. He said the boy's adoptive mother "stood idly by" while her husband committed extreme abuse, and that her crimes were "crimes of omission." The boy's aunt — the sister of his birth mother — told court in a victim impact statement last month her family has been left "shattered" by the ordeal. The boy's stepmother sat in the prisoner's box with her head down, crying. The lengthy trial of the boy's father and stepmother took place at Ontario Superior Court in Ottawa.

Source: CBC News January 18, 2017 14:52 UTC