Speaking through tears in a Saskatoon courtroom, Dawn Walker — moments after pleading guilty to parental abduction and forgery charges — said she is “truly sorry” for her actions and is committed to not finding herself before a court of law again.
Walker, the Saskatchewan woman accused of kidnapping a child, faking their deaths and fleeing to the United States last summer, had originally been set to stand trial for five weeks starting later this month. Instead, Walker on Thursday in Saskatoon provincial court entered guilty pleas to three charges: parental abduction in contravention of a custody order, possession of a forged document, and forging a passport.
The remaining charges against her will be stayed.
When Judge Bradley Mitchell asked Walker if she wished to make a statement, Walker stood up and tearfully apologized.
Walker acknowledged her friends and family for pain and suffering she caused, and apologized to everyone who was concerned about her and her son’s well-being.
She said that it is her sacred duty and responsibility to protect her child’s innocence.
“I am not proud of the way I carried out that duty,” Walker told the court.
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