Calgary couple get prison time in toddler’s infection death

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Court heard their toddler, John, didn’t see a doctor until the day before he died from a staph infection in November 2013.

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Jurors saw photos of the dead boy with a red rash all over his body and with blackened toes.

A forensic pathologist’s report said he was malnourished and died from a staph infection.

Prosecutors argued the Clarks waited too long to take the gravely ill boy to hospital and their sentence should send a message of denunciation and deterrence.

Prosecutors argued the Clarks waited too long to take the gravely ill boy to hospital and their sentence should send a message of denunciation and deterrence.

(The Canadian Press)