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A struggling mother of a severely disabled girl tried to murder her daughter with a lethal dose of insulin instead of getting her the care she needed, a court has been told. The young girl, who has a rare genetic disorder and could not walk or talk, or eat normally, survived the alleged attempt to kill her but needed months of hospital care.
Towards the end of 2021, the woman told the doctor her daughter was deteriorating, “nearing the end of her life,” Stanwix said. “That wasn’t true. “Rather than getting the ... level of care she needed, the accused decided to euthanise her.” Stanwix said the woman had decided “the best thing for everyone was for her disabled child to die”. “Then she set about trying to murder her.
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