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Dad sentenced for child's methadone death
CALGARY, Alberta, (UPI) -- A Canadian father was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for the methadone overdose death of his 16-month-old daughter, court records showed.
Jonathan Hope, of Calgary, found his daughter, Summer, dead after she drank methadone mixed with juice, CBC News reported.
Hope had been taking methadone as part of a treatment for drug addiction, CBC News said.
Hope must serve a term of two years in order to be credited for the four months he spent in pre-sentence custody.
Hope and Lisa Guerin, his former partner, were found guilty in March of failing to provide the toddler with the necessities of life.
CBC News reported that the couple fought after seeing Summer with spilled juice on her shirt, but neither went for medical attention for her. Guerin left for an out-of-town trip, and Hope went to bed.
Hope said he awoke to find the child not breathing and attempted CPR for hours, but failed to call 911 because his phone was out of order.
"I wish I could go back and change everything. I miss my daughter and I'll never get over it," Hope said in court.
"(Hope) couldn't even get off his hind quarters and go down the street. An abandonment of parental responsibility is perhaps the understatement of the year," Court of Queen's Bench Justice Earl Wilson said.
CALGARY, Alberta, (UPI) -- A Canadian father was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for the methadone overdose death of his 16-month-old daughter, court records showed.
Jonathan Hope, of Calgary, found his daughter, Summer, dead after she drank methadone mixed with juice, CBC News reported.
Hope had been taking methadone as part of a treatment for drug addiction, CBC News said.
Hope must serve a term of two years in order to be credited for the four months he spent in pre-sentence custody.
Hope and Lisa Guerin, his former partner, were found guilty in March of failing to provide the toddler with the necessities of life.
CBC News reported that the couple fought after seeing Summer with spilled juice on her shirt, but neither went for medical attention for her. Guerin left for an out-of-town trip, and Hope went to bed.
Hope said he awoke to find the child not breathing and attempted CPR for hours, but failed to call 911 because his phone was out of order.
"I wish I could go back and change everything. I miss my daughter and I'll never get over it," Hope said in court.
"(Hope) couldn't even get off his hind quarters and go down the street. An abandonment of parental responsibility is perhaps the understatement of the year," Court of Queen's Bench Justice Earl Wilson said.