Judge Gives Saskatoon Mother Conditional Sentence for Abduction, Forgery

Dawn Walker, shown in an undated handout photo, was accused of faking her death and that of her son before crossing the border into the United States. The Canadian Press/HO-Kathy Walker

A Saskatoon woman accused of faking her death, and that of her child, before they crossed the border into the United States has been given a one-year conditional sentence.

Dawn Walker must also serve 18 months of probation.