The Crown says a witness heard a Manitoba 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, Senator Rod Zimmer.
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Prosecutor Matt Miazga says he doesn’t care how high-profile the couple or the incident is. He says other people on the plane were frightened by Sensenberger’s behaviour.
Defence lawyer Leslie Sullivan argued Zimmer didn’t ask for charges against his wife to be laid, adding he does not feel he was threatened.
In the end, Judge Albert Lavoie agreed to allow the couple to talk over the phone and Internet, including Skype, but is not letting them communicate in person.
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