Sentencing Hearing Today for Ontario Women Who Killed Foster Son and Abused His Sibling
Justice found the women deliberately confined the boy as he died, and the case included 48 witnesses and 209 exhibits.
- On Friday, Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber face sentencing in Milton after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a 12-year-old boy in their care.
- Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan wrote that Cooney and Hamber "hated the boys," as the Indigenous brothers lived with them for five years starting in 2017 before the older child died.
- The judge-alone trial heard from 48 witnesses, with evidence revealing the couple confined the victim in a "dungeon-like bedroom" and forced his brother to wear a wetsuit fastened with zip ties.
- A first-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence with no parole eligibility for 25 years. A family member said, "This verdict does not bring our child back to us."
- The Children's Aid Society removed the surviving brother from the home following the child's death in December 2022. If affected by this report or in immediate danger, call 911 for support.
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Ontario women sentenced to life for murder of 12-year-old foster son
The family of an Indigenous boy who was killed by two Burlington, Ont., women while in their care delivered agonizing victim impact statements in a tense courtroom Friday before a judge sentenced the couple to life in prison. Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney were found guilty in early May of first-degree murder in the death of a 12-year-old boy, and of unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon and failure to provide the necessaries of life rega…
Women who killed foster son and abused his sibling sentenced to life in prison
BURLINGTON, ONT- Two women who abused two Indigenous brothers in their care will spend the rest of their lives in prison. The two women recieved mandatory life sentences with no chance of parole in the abuse of two Indigenous brothers in their care, killing the oldest. Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney of Burlington, Ont., were found guilty in early May of first-degree murder in the death of a 12-year-old boy, and of unlawful confinement, assaul…
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Sentencing hearing today for women who killed foster son and abused his sibling
MILTON - A sentencing hearing is underway for two Burlington, Ont., women who abused two Indigenous brothers in their care, killing the oldest.
Sentencing set to begin for Ontario couple guilty of murdering boy, torturing brother
In May, Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber of Burlington, Ont., were found guilty of murdering a boy in their care, and assaulting and confining his younger brother. Today, their sentencing hearing begins in Milton, and it's possible the court will hear victim impact statements.
Ontario women sentenced to life for murder of foster son after emotional day in court – 105.9 The Region
The family of an Indigenous boy who was killed by two Burlington, Ont., women while in their care delivered agonizing victim impact statements in a tense courtroom Friday before a judge sentenced the couple to life in prison. Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney were found guilty in early May of first-degree murder in the death of a 12-year-old boy, and of unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon and failure to provide the necessaries of life regar…
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