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SASKATOON — Manitoba senator Rod Zimmer’s wife has pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance on an Air Canada flight.

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Maygan Sensenberger, who is 23, is also accused of uttering threats against her husband, but has yet to plead on that charge. The 69-year-old Liberal senator, however, has said he did not feel threatened.

It’s alleged his wife said she would slit his throat during a ruckus on a flight from Ottawa to Saskatoon last month.

Last month, defence lawyer Leslie Sullivan told a Saskatoon court that Zimmer, who has attended his wife’s court proceedings, did not ask for charges to be laid against her.

Sensenberger was initially charged with endangering an aircraft but that charge was dropped by the Crown, while the uttering threats count was added.

“It’s been very difficult for both of them not to be together,” Sullivan had said.

Judge Albert Lavoie had previously accepted a change in release conditions, worked out between the Crown and the defence, so that Sensenberger could contact Zimmer by phone, text or email while the case is before the courts.