A Queensland social media influencer faces multiple charges, including poisoning and torture, after allegedly drugging her 18-month-old daughter with anticonvulsant medication. The court heard the woman may have recorded her daughter's suffering to solicit donations and boost her online presence.
A Queensland social media influencer is accused of drugging her 18-month-old daughter with anticonvulsant medication, which she had recently been told to stop using by doctors, a court has heard. The 34-year-old woman, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where she made an application for bail.
She is facing several charges, including multiple counts of administering poison with intent to harm, and one count each of torture, making child exploitation material and fraud. It has previously been alleged she poisoned her daughter and recorded her suffering in a bid to boost her online profile and to elicit $60,000 in donations via crowdfunding. During the hearing, the court heard the girl had been diagnosed with the genetic disorder tuberous sclerosis as an infant and suffered benign tumours. The court heard last year she was receiving medical care for her condition and had been prescribed the drug carbamazepine. Her medical team suspected this medication was triggering seizures, so the treatment was stopped. However, the woman still had the prescription for it, the court heard. The court heard alleged 'suspicious conduct' by the woman, which was captured on video, was reported to police in early October last year. Police prosecutor Jack Scott told the court video camera footage allegedly showed the woman with a syringe that did not relate to the child's illness. Mr Scott told the court further footage allegedly showed the woman placing her child under a blanket, before she is seen 'fiddling' with her nasogastric tube. 'She's used the opportunity whilst the child's hidden … to administer non-prescribed medication,' he said.'That is supported by the fact that within 30 to 40 minutes after this incident the child immediately is rendered totally unconscious, and the medical evidence is that is not a symptom of any known condition the child is suffering from.' The court heard at one point the woman allegedly moved the camera in 'an attempt to evade detection'. Following the incident and a subsequent police investigation, the court heard carbamazepine was allegedly found in the child's system, as well as other non-prescribed drugs which were later found in the woman's home. Mr Scott told the court the woman allegedly told investigators a 'bald-faced lie' that she had not filled the prescriptions, which she was captured on CCTV doing. 'There is really no valid explanation as to why … would not once, not twice, but three times attend ... a pharmacy to fill out a script for a medication which she knows is no longer used for the child and which she knows causes the child harm,' he said. The court heard the woman's former partner also told police she had allegedly made admissions to him about what she had done to their child. Mr Scott told the court the 34-year-old was still a risk to her daughter, as she had recently told a psychologist she was diagnosed with a fatal condition and was 'gravely ill'. 'All her behaviours suggest that does not accept that her child suffers from a treatable, manageable, non-fatal condition,' he said. 'Her actions have created a serious extra symptom … on one occasion suffering a code blue cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation. 'It's then required the child to have surgeries that the child would have otherwise had at a later point in time.'Defence lawyer Mathew Cuskelly told the court his client should be granted bail as much of the case against her was circumstantial. Mr Cuskelly told the court she had no criminal history and was not a risk of failing to appear or interfering with witnesses.Deputy Chief Magistrate Stephen Courtney told the court the prosecution's case was strong, even on the circumstantial evidence, but intent would be an issue for trial. Earlier in the proceeding, he told the legal parties he would not make a ruling on bail today as there was 'a real level of complexity' to the matter
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