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1. Mother who bashed her infant twins, killing one and leaving the other severely disabled wants access to her two surviving children.
A mother, who beat her two-month-old twins so severely that one died and the other was left so disabled that the infant needs full-time care, has applied to a court to allow her unfettered access to her two surviving children.
The mother was found guilty of infanticide in 2014 of one of then two-month-old twins, who she killed in 2012 but received a non-custodial sentence because the crime was driven by mental illness.
She told police at the time that maybe she “shook them too hard” but could not remember exactly when or how often.
The girl who survived suffered permanent brain damage, has cerebral palsy and cannot walk or talk. The mother, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to one count of infanticide and one count of recklessly causing serious injury.
While sentencing her, the judge said no punishment would be as severe as the punishment of having to live with what she had done to the twins.
The mother has since been allowed to see her other children with approval and in the presence of her former husband. She has also sought permission for overnight care of children from a court.
The Herald Sun reports that yesterday the mother appeared in court where police said they would oppose a revocation of court-ordered restrictions on when, where and with whom she can see the children.
Secrecy orders protect the identity of the mother and the children, although The Herald Sun reports that the father objects to these saying their story deserves to be told.
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1) I can see no reason for her other children to have their lives disrupted by this proven murderer for the next 15 years or so, I can only imagine the kind of treatment they also suffered at the hands of their mother, any contact should only be at the children's request and approved by their father, alone and overnight should be completely off the table. The fact the police would oppose any relaxing of her restrictions suggests the investigation found there was more to it than having infant twins.
Anon, I was absolutely horrified to find she STILL had access to her other children - that just beggars belief! More extraordinary is that she has the audacity to ask for unsupervised overnight visits with these children. She lost her right to mother her children when she killed one of them. Long term, I can see no real emotional/mental benefit in having these children exposed to this awful woman.