J'can mother loses court bid to stop son's adoption by Canadian family

A British Columbia judge has ruled against a Jamaican mother's bid to regain custody of her 10-year-old son who is set to be adopted into a Canadian family.

According to Canadian media reports, the ruling was recently handed down after a four-day hearing earlier this year during which the 38-year old Jamaican applied to have a continuing custody order, which gave the British Columbia Ministry of Child and Family Development custody of her son, to be cancelled.

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St Vincent man jailed for raping foster child

 A 63-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was found guilty of three counts of rape and one count of indecent assault against his foster daughter, 12 years ago.

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