Weeks after her infant daughter’s hospital stint failed to raise suspicion, a guilt-ridden Queensland woman confessed to police she had tried to kill the five-month-old. 7NEWS
The court heard there was a “lack of bond” with the child, with the woman telling police she had become pregnant after being raped and did not know the identity of the daughter’s father.Once it was clear her daughter was still alive, the woman did not persist and there was genuine remorse, the prosecutor said.
The woman was not intoxicated at the time, but was when she rang police in the early morning weeks later to confess, Wilson said.“This confession came as a build-up of guilt and clearly remorse, there is no other reason for it.The woman suffered bullying at high school before having a relationship with a man her mother described as “volatile”, the court heard.
Justice Thomas Bradley said it was unlikely the woman — who has no criminal history — would have been charged if she had not confessed and was entitled to extraordinary leniency.
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