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Caroline Budd, a mentally ill woman convicted of sex crimes and locked up in solitary confinement for the past two weeks, has been released from jail after winning bail on Tuesday.

Budd, who has the emotional age of a 13-year-old, will now live with her parents while her lawyers seek leave to appeal her Sept. 1 convictions.

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Budd spent her time in solitary confinement reading children’s books and playing with a deck of cards.

The 22-year-old’s legal team successfully won bail after arguing there are sufficient grounds for appeal; she’s not a flight risk; and that it’s in the public interest to keep the developmentally delayed woman out of prison and in the community, where she can get treatment rather than spending 23 hours a day in solitary.

Minutes after she was released from jail, Budd expressed deep relief, saying: “I thought I’d be forever cursed in there. I thought I was doomed.”

The Crown attorney’s office unsuccessfully fought against her release, arguing it was in the public interest to keep Budd locked up and that setting her free would throw the administration of justice into disrepute.