Man, accused of abducting daughter, to appear in court next month

A South Shore father will be in court next month on a charge of abducting his 11-day-old daughter. Collin James Lawrence of Jordan Ferry appeared briefly Wednesday in Shelburne provincial court with a new lawyer who asked for time to familiarize himself with the case. Lawrence is charged with child abduction under a section of the Criminal Code that prohibits one parent from depriving the other parent of child access when both have lawful custody. Lawrence is also charged with mischief for allegedly damaging a telephone in the home he shared with his wife and daughter. He was charged after his wife claimed her husband had forcibly taken their baby daughter after the couple had argued. The man and baby were discovered several hours later in a vehicle near Oxford.