An Alberta couple has been found guilty in the death of a senior who spent days lying on a floor in her feces and urine.

June Briggs and Richard McElroy were convicted of failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence in the 2023 death of Briggs’s mother, Dianne Simmons.

Court heard the 76-year-old had been living with the couple in a home north of Edmonton when she fell and remained on the floor for over a week.

She became unresponsive, and paramedics, who reported her as being caked in her own waste, took her to hospital, where she died of multi-organ failure.

The defence argued the accused were not legally responsible for the woman’s death because she refused help, while the Crown said they owed her help due to their close familial relationship.

Court of King’s

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