MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - A curfew remains in place for a southern Alberta woman convicted of murdering her parents and younger brother when she was 12. <\/p>\n
The woman's defence lawyer asked a judge at a hearing in Medicine Hat on Tuesday to release her client from the restriction that is in effect between 11:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays. <\/p>\n
But Justice Scott Brooker ruled to hold off on any change. <\/p>\n
Defence council Katherin Beyak said outside court that the curfew is to be re-examined Aug. 20 once the woman has been living on her own for a few months. <\/p>\n
\"Right now there is still some supervision in the placement that she's in and she'll be moving to a situation where there won't be any supervision at all,\" Beyak said. <\/p>\n
Chief Crown prosecutor Ramona Robins said the woman's case workers agree with the judge that it would be helpful to keep the curfew in place for a while longer. <\/p>\n
\"She's being moved to a more independent setting and he thought ... the curfew would assist ... to make sure that she was still complying and responsible.\" <\/p>\n
Progress reports suggest the woman is at the lowest possible risk to reoffend, Robins added. <\/p>\n
The woman can't be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. She was convicted as a teen along with her then-23-year-old boyfriend Jeremy Steinke of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of her family in their Medicine Hat home in 2006. <\/p>\n
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