Mother Arrested for Kidnapping Sons, 24 Years Later

0:00A woman from Newmarket, Ontario, faces charges for allegedly kidnapping her young sons back in 2009, right after their father won soul. Custody Edita Ustashewska Watkins, now 52, was arrested in Europe and made virtual court appearances in Newmarket from jail this week. Earlier this week, she had her first appearance on Thursday, followed by another the next day. Work regional police say she took her seven-year-old and four-year-old boys from Toronto to New York, then flew them to Germany with help from her. Father, just two months after the custody ruling. The boys' father, Stephen Watkins, spent years pushing for their return to Canada. He tracked them to Poland after more than two and a half years, but a court they refused, saying the kids had fully settled into Polish life. Watkins kept urging the government, even after Ustashewska Watkins' top Canada's most wanted list with an Interpol notice. Her father got an 18-month conditional sentence in 2012 for his role, including a year of

1:00house arrest and no contact with her. Or, the boys. Now the sons are adult at 24 and 20, and it's unclear if they've come back to Canada. She's ordered not to contact them or their father as the case moves forward. From your city, powered by AI, this is Toronto News Today.