A judge has accepted a plea to manslaughter in a child abuse case that prompted an unprecedented public protest from Edmonton police — but prosecutors say the accused is not being offered the eight-year sentence police initially claimed.

Dozens packed a courtroom in Edmonton Wednesday to hear the woman’s guilty plea, a day after Edmonton police sent a letter to justice ministry officials protesting the Crown’s decision to agree to a plea from murder to manslaughter.

After hearing grim details of the eight-year-old’s final moments, Justice Jody Fraser accepted the woman’s plea to the lesser charge. Dates for sentencing will be set Sept. 19.

The girl’s loved ones wept as the Crown described the abuse she suffered. They later marched out chanting “no justice, no peace.”

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