SASKATOON - The Crown says a witness heard a senator's wife say she would slit her husband's throat during a fracas on a flight from Ottawa to Saskatoon.
The peek into the prosecution's case against Maygan Sensenberger came as her defence lawyer lobbied a judge to allow the 23-year-old contact with her 69-year-old husband, Sen. Rod Zimmer.
The Crown initially said it was loath to agree to any changes to the woman's release conditions based on the "slit your throat" threat it says was overheard by another passenger and directed at Zimmer. There was no further detail presented.
Prosecutor Matt Miazga said he doesn't care how high-profile the couple or the incident is — other people on the plane were frightened by Sensenberger's behaviour and there are a large number of potential witnesses to what went on.
"One never knows how serious these threats are," Miazga told court Wednesday.
Defence lawyer Leslie Sullivan argued Zimmer, who has attended his wife's court hearings and sat behind her Wednesday, didn't ask for charges against his wife to be laid.
"He does not feel he was threatened," Sullivan said. "They are very close ... and this is a very difficult time for them."
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