A young Toronto mother who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after her 15-month-old son drowned in a bathtub told a judge that coming to court forces her to relive “the worst day” of her life — the day she lost her child.

“Due to my own negligence, Mashiach is not four years old this year, and that guilt haunts every fibre of my being,” wrote 22-year-old Tajah Henry in a letter to the court. “I promise, Mashiach’s death was not on purpose. I made a grave unintended mistake.”

In July 2024, Henry pleaded guilty to manslaughter , admitting that on Nov. 5, 2022, her 15-month-old son, Mashiach Henry, drowned after she left him unattended in a bathtub inside their apartment.

According to an agreed statement of facts, Henry had been in the care of the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) since age seve

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