Tracy Menhinick was jailed for seven years earlier this year after she was found guilty of wilfully ill-treating the boy over three years to the danger of his life.
A former auxiliary nurse who poisoned a vulnerable child with laxatives and saw him undergo unnecessary operations and treatment had her jail sentence cut today by appeal judges.
The appeal judges said that although the harm caused to the victim was high in their opinion the seven year sentence was excessive. But she argued that a lesser jail sentence could be imposed in the circumstances of the case which would allow Menhinick to return to the community and "try to re-establish some life for herself".
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