Mother Arrested After 15 Years for Kidnapping Sons

0:00A new market woman has finally been arrested after 15 years on the run for allegedly kidnapping her two young sons and taking them to Poland. Edyta Usta Shuska Watkins lost soul custody of the boys, who were 7 and 4 at the time, to their father Steven Watkins in early 2000. 9. Just two months later, police say she and her elderly father fled with the kids from the Toronto area through the U.S. and onto her native Poland. And spent years fighting a tough battle to bring his sons home, tracking them down and even petitioning courts in Warsaw. But without an extradition treaty between Canada and Poland, a local judge there blocked their return, calling it harmful to the boys. Meanwhile Usta Shuska Watkins topped Canada's most wanted list, while her father faced charges and got a conditional sentence with a year of house. A rest back in 2021. The father's desperate efforts took a huge emotional toll, as he shared stories of heartbreaking cabbyes with his boys. Judges noted the crime caused irreparable damage, with no real justice possible without the

1:04kids' return. The family's been torn apart, and the long separation left lasting scars on everyone involved. This week, the now 52-year-old mother appeared virtually in a new market courtroom from a Polish jail, facing two counts of abducting a child. Under age 14. He's been ordered not to contact her sons, now 24 and 21, or their father. It's unclear if the young men have come back to Canada. York Regional Police continue to pursue the case as charges work through the courts, bringing some closure after more than a decade of waiting for the Watkins family. That wraps Canada News Today, brought to you with AI.