The wife of a former RCMP officer has been sentenced to three years behind bars for abusing her stepson.
At the age of 11, the boy was found wandering naked and emaciated around the cold streets of Kanata in February 2013.
In a 2013 police interview, the boy's father admitted he had tied his son to a wall or a pole in the basement.
The child had been starved and burned with a barbecue lighter.
Police have described the mistreatment as one of the worst cases of abuse they had ever seen.
The stepmother was found guilty of assault with a weapon and failing to provide the necessities of life in late November last year.
She has been given credit for time served, leaving her with 17 months remaining on her term.
The boy's father will be sentenced in March.
With files from CTV