Jury to start deliberations in trial for Calgary parents charged in baby's death

A jury is expected to begin deliberating today about whether a Calgary couple is responsible for their 14-month-old son's death.

Jennifer and Jeromie Clark have pleaded not guilty to criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessaries of life for their son John.

Queen's Bench Justice Paul Jeffrey is to instruct jurors this morning on how to reach a verdict, after which they are to be sequestered.

The trial heard the Clarks brought their son to hospital on the afternoon of Nov. 28, 2013, and that he died the next day following a seizure and two cardiac arrests.

The Crown says John was on the verge of death when he arrived in hospital and that his parents played with his life by not seeking treatment sooner.

The Clarks' lawyers say doctors at the Alberta Children's Hospital are to blame because they raised the boy's sodium and fluid levels too aggressively.