Neglect victim Ann Marie Smith’s Kensington Park house on the market
The house where neglect victim Annie Smith spent the last years of her life in “disgusting” conditions is on the market.
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The Kensington Park home where disability neglect victim Annie Smith lived before her death in “disgusting and degrading” conditions is up for sale.
The three-bedroom house, a significant place of interest in a manslaughter case now before the courts, was advertised for sale online through realestate.com two days ago for $929,000.
Police evidence indicates Ms Smith had spent most of the year leading up to her death in an almost sedentary state, living in putrid conditions in a woven cane chair in the family room of her home.
The cane chair and carpet underneath it was soaked in urine and faeces to the extent that when removed, the cement slab was stained and soiled.
The 54-year-old woman, who lived with cerebral palsy and was known as Annie, died on April 6 from severe septic shock, multi-organ failure, severe pressure sores, and malnutrition.
Her 69-year-old carer for several years Rosemary Maione was charged with manslaughter and was bailed on home detention to appear before the Magistrates court in April next year.
Police photos released in June of the interior of Ms Smith’s home reveal a sparsely furnished family room with two cane chairs and a lounge – a stark contract to the photos now promoting the home online as “light, bright and airy”.
The open-plan home, with large gourmet kitchen and two bathrooms, was bequeathed to Annie by her father following his death in 2009 along with a car, $25,000 cash and half his remaining estate.
The total value of her father’s inheritance was more than $1.3 million.
Police have previously revealed a large cash inheritance was steadily drained from Annie’s bank account, while the proceeds of two loans worth more than $70,000 had vanished. Custom-made solid gold jewellery worth more than $35,000 was also missing, as was a fridge.
