Publication date: September 21, 2022 • 53 minutes ago • 3 minutes to read • Join the discussion Susy Yasmine Saad (left) leaves the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver, BC Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Photo by Jason Payne /PNG

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The unlicensed daycare operator convicted in the so-called death of Baby Mac admits to defrauding parents of children at her daycare about the care she provided for their children, according to a document filed at a sentencing hearing.

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In April, Susy Yasmine Saad pleaded guilty to failing to provide the necessities of life to nine children, including Mac Saini, a 16-month-old boy who died at Olive Branch Family Daycare on Kitchener Street in Vancouver on January 18, 2017. . Start your day with a roundup of BC-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7am, Monday to Friday. By clicking the subscribe button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc. | 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 416-383-2300

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A sentencing hearing for Saad is underway in the K.H. Supreme Court. The statement states that while caring for the children at her unlicensed daycare, Saad did not intend to be bound by BC child care laws and regulations, but intended to regularly care for more than two children. The limit for an unlicensed child care operator is two children. In order to facilitate her deception, Saad only provided services to children too young to communicate to their parents the nature of the care being provided. He also admitted barring parents from the three-storey duplex during opening hours, claiming he did so for the children’s safety.

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The ruse also included requiring parents to give 15 to 20 minutes’ notice of pick-ups and drop-offs of their children and requiring drop-offs and pick-ups to be quick, generally not allowing parents to cross the threshold or see within the home. Delayed pick-up times and provided false explanations such as not wanting to interrupt the child while participating in an activity. 16-month-old Macallan Wayne Saini died on January 18, 2017, at a daycare center in Vancouver. Photo by Submitted /Vancouver Sun Many of the parents signed up for childcare waiting lists when they were pregnant or soon after their child was born and felt “desperate” to find care as their return-to-work date approached, with searches turning to unlicensed home care . according to the statement. The statement also describes Saad’s actions on the day she discovered the toddler unconscious and blue in his playpen, with a string of lights wrapped and embedded around his neck after he had been put to sleep. Saad yelled for a family member to call 911, unwrapped the lights from the boy’s neck, then performed CPR on the child while receiving instructions from the 911 operator.

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The boy’s mom, who had called earlier to say she was picking up her son, entered the residence with the first doctor and ran through the residence to the kitchen, where she saw a child strapped into a booster seat behind the couch and a second child strapped into booster seat in kitchen. Noticing that neither child was her son, she ran for the stairs, catching up with the first doctor, who upon reaching the third floor, found a hysterical Saad performing CPR on the boy in the middle of the room. The mom saw her son on the floor and screamed, and Saad told her, “he moved the playpen and grabbed a cord that was nailed to a wall and strangled himself,” according to the statement. Saad continued to say that the child had been strangled and repeatedly shouted that he was wrapped in a cord and wrapped it around his neck. She said she had left him for a while and just brought him into the room to sleep. Attempts to revive the boy failed and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The sentencing hearing continued Wednesday with testimony from witnesses called to address disputed aggravating facts in the case. The hearing is expected to last eight days. [email protected] More news, less ads: Our in-depth journalism is made possible by the support of our subscribers. For just $3.50 a week, you can get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, the National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. Support us by subscribing today: The Vancouver Sun | The Province.

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