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A Vancouver mother who abducted her young son and took him to the U.S. in violation of a court order has been sentenced to seven months in jail.

In imposing sentence on the woman, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, Vancouver provincial court Judge Laura Bakan accepted a joint submission from Crown counsel Isobel Keeley and the mom’s lawyer.

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The jail sentence, which will see the 33-year-old mom being released in about a month after receiving credit for pre-sentence custody, is the latest development in a protracted and bitter dispute between the parents of the 10-year-old boy.

Before the abduction, the dispute saw the mom fabricating emails from police officers and fabricating emails from the dad in which he threatens to kill her — all in a bid to deny the dad access to the boy with whom they shared custody.

“My son hates me now and it’s your fault, it always is!” the mom said in one of the fake emails she wrote and claimed was from her former partner. “I’m going to slit your throat when you least expect it and there’s nothing you or anyone can do to stop me!!! You have messed with my life one too many times, and I’ll end your life with a big grin on my face.”