Judge allows Taylor Kennedy to appear virtually for her THC-impaired driving trial, defence argues blood sample evidence should be thrown out [Video]

A woman who hit and killed a child has been granted permission to attend her trial virtually after her lawyer cited concerns about comments made by the gallery.

Taylor Kennedy has been charged with impaired driving exceeding the prescribed blood-drug concentration of THC, causing the death of nine-year-old Baeleigh Maurice.

Maurice was going to school on Sept. 9, 2021, pushing her scooter at a crosswalk on 33rd Street West, when she was hit by Kennedy’s truck.

At the crash scene — before an officer read Kennedy her rights — Kennedy told police she vaped marijuana and micro-dosed magic mushrooms the day prior.

Kennedy’s trial began on Oct. 10, 2023, and continued on Friday at Saskatoon Provincial Court.

“Ms. Kennedy has a constitutional right to her day in court and has a guarantee of her ability to make her case in that court. Her ability to do so is undermined by …