A bail hearing is to take place Friday for a Saskatchewan woman accused of faking her death and that of her son and illegally crossing the border into the United States.
The 48-year-old appeared Monday in Saskatoon court after a judge in Oregon ordered last week that she be returned to Canada to deal with charges here.
The woman is charged with public mischief and child abduction in contravention of a custody order. She also faces two charges in the U.S. related to identity fraud for allegedly crossing the border with fake identification. The woman's public defender told an Oregon detention hearing last week that she is a victim of domestic abuse and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
In the courtroom, the woman briefly waved at relatives then sat silently as the Crown filed an order with the court that she not be in contact with her son and the son's father. Murphy said the woman slept on a concrete bench in a small cell. She didn't have a mattress, blanket, toothbrush or toothpaste and had no access to a shower until Monday morning.
Olenchuk said she couldn't comment on the custody conditions over the weekend, but that the woman would be moved to Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert until her bail hearing.
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