The former foster mother of William Tyrrell has pleaded guilty to assaulting a different child, but will fight further charges laid against her.
The woman appeared with her partner at Parramatta Local Court on Monday for the start of a five-day hearing on the charges.
Her 56-year-old partner, the former foster father of William Tyrrell, has pleaded not guilty to one count of assault and one count of intimidation over alleged conduct in November 2020 and October 2021. The couple said they would plead guilty to downgraded charges of procuring another person to make a bid on behalf of a seller at auction, resulting in a fine.
Mystery surrounds the 2014 disappearance of William Tyrrell, who was three years old when he vanished from a property belonging to his foster grandmother at Kendall on the NSW Mid-North Coast.Police have consistently sought answers in the years since his disappearance, including conducting a thorough search of the Kendall property in December 2020.
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