Calgary mother who treated sick son holistically is ‘morally innocent:’ defence
CALGARY — A woman who treated her son with holistic remedies before he died of a strep infection was portrayed by the defence Friday as “morally innocent” while the Crown argued her actions were “legally unforgivable.”
Prosecutor Jonathan Hak said Tamara Lovett is the only one to blame for the seven-year-old boy’s death, but her lawyer said she was a loving mother who did everything she could and realized too late how sick he really was.
Ryan Alexander Lovett died in March 2013 after getting an infection that kept him bedridden for 10 days. His mother had been giving him dandelion tea and oil of oregano instead of life-saving antibiotics.
“Her best was woefully inadequate,” Hak said in his final arguments to the judge hearing the case.