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Daycare operator pleads guilty in 2017 death of toddler Baby Mac

The operator of the Vancouver daycare where the child known as Baby Mac died in 2017 has pleaded guilty to failing to provide the necessaries of life for nine children.

Susy Yasmine Saad pleads guilty to failing to provide necessaries of life for 9 children in her care

Macallan Wayne Saini also known as Baby Mac died at an unlicensed East Vancouver daycare in 2017. (Shelly Sheppard)

The operator of the Vancouver daycare where the child known as Baby Mac died in 2017 has pleaded guilty to failing to provide the necessaries of life for nine children.

Susy Yasmine Saadentered the guilty plea incourt on Monday, according to the B.C. Prosecution Service.

There is a publication ban on the names of all of the children involved in the case, except forMacallanWayne Saini.

Baby Macwas just 16 months old when he died at Saad's unlicensed and unregistered daycare in East Vancouver on Jan. 18, 2017.

Saad was charged in 2020 follow a lengthy police investigation and a lawsuitfiled by Macallan's mother, Shelley Sheppard,against Saad and Vancouver Coastal Health.

According to the lawsuit, the toddler was believed to have died after he was left unattended at Saad's Olive Branch Daycare and choked on an electrical cord. In Saad's response to theclaim, she denied all allegations of negligence.

Under B.C.'s Community Care and Assisted Living Act, unlicensed child-care operators are only allowed to care for two children at a time and can be fined up to $10,000 aday for violations.

The daycare closed after Baby Mac's death.

Saad's next appearance in court is scheduled for May 4 to fix a date for sentencing. The crime carries a maximum prison term of five years.

With files from Jason Proctor