"In the last year a boy in Brandy Cooney's and Becky Hamber's care was alive, he and his brother were locked in their bedrooms for 18 hours, zip-tied into wetsuits, tube-like sleep sacks and hockey helmets, and surveilled on cameras, a Milton, Ont., court was told during Cooney's second day of testimony. Cooney underwent intense cross-examination Tuesday by assistant Crown attorney Monica MacKenzie."
"Cooney and Hamber are charged with first-degree murder of the 12-year-old, as well as confinement, assault with a weapon zip ties and failing to provide the necessaries of life to his younger brother. Both women have pleaded not guilty. L.L. wore a wetsuit most of the time and was severely malnourished before he died. He's shown here in Cooney's and Hamber's kitchen on Aug. 22, 2022."
Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber are accused of locking two Indigenous brothers in their bedrooms, restraining one with wetsuits, tube-like sleep sacks, zip ties and hockey helmets, and surveilling them on cameras. Court testimony described prolonged confinement, severe malnourishment of the older boy L.L., and allegations that he weighed the same as when he was six at death on Dec. 21, 2022. The Crown challenged Cooney's changing account about restraint use and caregiving, noting claims that the boys destroyed property and injured the caregivers. Both women face first-degree murder and related charges and have pleaded not guilty.
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