A judge told a woman who pleaded guilty to breaching probation she owes it to her two children to deal with her drug addiction.
All urine tests found the presence of controlled substances in Carrie Ellen Lawlor, resulting in the breach charge.
Provincial Court Judge John Douglas told Lawlor he was giving her a break by not imposing jail time but placing her on 15 months of probation.
“I’m giving you another chance,’’ he said.
“No one can do it (address drug addiction) for you. It’s up to you.’’
Douglas ordered Lawlor, who has an outstanding account receivable of more than $16,000, to pay a $100 victims of crime surcharge.
Douglas also told Lawlor, who works as a flagger, to perform community service work if she is not busy with employment.
Lawlor thanked the judge for his lenient sentence and told him she was trying to make positive changes.
