EDMONTON JOURNAL
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
A 73-year-old man who bound his elderly mother to a chair and threatened her was given 12 months of probation Thursday, seven years after the victim died at age 87.
Clifford Leo Morin loved his mother, Elizabeth Lussin, deeply but was in no position to care for her when she moved into his home in 1999, said Judge Jack Watson.
"You were charged with a responsibility that you could not cope with," Watson told the grey-haired man, who uses an electric scooter and is in ill health.
Morin was initially charged with assault, assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement, and uttering threats against his mother. Watson found him not guilty of the assault charges earlier this year.
The case first came to court in 2005 and gained notoriety as an example of elder abuse. The case was delayed repeatedly due to Morin's poor health.
"I'm sorry for anything I may have done wrong but I did the best I could," Morin wrote in a statement read in court.
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SOURCE: Canada.Com
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The 'Elder Abuser' in this case is a senior himself. We have to ask the questions: Where were the state services? Why was the man (at 73 years of age) not been given the assistance for himself and his mother?
This case should not have happened, if the various levels of government had in place proper Aged Care services.
..................... AC
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