Murder accused Jessica Blinda Polsoni pushes for case to be struck out

A mum accused of murdering her little girl has sensationally alleged police are covering up medical negligence as she called for witnesses statements by obese people to be struck out. WATCH: Explosive scenes outside court

A Mackay mother accused of murdering her child has sensationally alleged investigating police are covering up medical negligence as she called for witnesses statements by obese people to be struck out.

Extra police were stationed around Mackay Magistrates Court that was packed with supporters for Jessica Blinda Polsoni, who made submissioned for more than 35 minutes on alleged deficits in the police case against her.

This included submitting “all dietary commentary by obese and overweight witnesses needs to be struck as it is hypocrisy”.

Ms Polsoni, who also goes by Hanbury, and her husband Adam Hanbury are charged with murder over the death of their two-year-old daughter Diana Hanbury in 2022.

Police allege Diana, who is the youngest of six children, was already dead when Ms Polsoni took her to Mackay Base Hospital about 8pm December 29.

They further allege the young girl had been unwell in the days before she was taken to the emergency department where hospital staff tried to resuscitate her and that Mr and Ms Polsoni neglected to get her appropriate medical attention in the lead up to her death. No pleas have been entered.

Jessica Blinda Polsoni Hanbury leaves Mackay court house after a part heard committal on allegations of murder. Picture: Fergus Gregg

During a committal on Wednesday Ms Polsoni tried to have the case against her thrown out claiming it was “nothing short of a debacle and a narrative built out of nothing”.

“I allege that it began with a hospital covering up their mistakes and flowed into government departments engaging in fraud, deceit, perjury, manipulation, harassment, entrapment and abuse of children in order to protect the hospital’s malicious actions,” she told the court.

Ms Polsoni has alleged hospital footage “showing my daughter in the hospital with a 29 per cent mortality rate” was missing and that this footage “will reveal medical negligence”.

‘I HAVE NO CASE TO ANSWER FOR’

She further alleged police “will have witnessed this footage of my daughter in the hospital and have deliberately hidden this footage to assist in covering medical negligence”.

“When one has correct understanding of my daughter’s underlying medical condition and the deadly illness that was randomly triggered by it, one comes to the understanding that this case could have gone no further than sympathetic words of condolences from medical staff for a terrible misfortune that is understable for a combination of illnesses.

Heidi Ward and Jessica Blinda Polsoni Hanbury outside Mackay court house. Picture: Fergus Gregg

“Therefore I state that I have no case to answer for.”

The court heard there were 198 witnesses statements and 204 exhibits tendered in relation to the matter.

Ms Polsoni Hanbury has also called for 72 of those, including statements from police crime scene officers, to be struck out as having nothing to do with her daughter’s death or its causation.

PINK BABY DRESS BURIED IN OUR BACKYARD

“Guards that turned up to simply secure the property is irrelevant … (it) does not establish whether or not I murdered a child,” she said.

Ms Polsoni alleged police had not brought forward a witness she alleged “saw a prowler in our backyard 10 days before our arrest” and further alleged this was the reason a “pink baby dress turned up buried in our backyard”.

“Police have not investigated this alleged crime to discover which of my opponents was so desperate to convict me as to set up a frame job,” she said.

Ms Polsoni also reiterated there was no jurisdiction because charges had the wrong name and initially requested Magistrate Damien Dwyer recuse himself from presiding over the matter on allegations of bias, which was rejected.

Mr Dwyer adjourned Ms Polsoni’s case until early October for his decision.

Matters against Mr Hanbury were also adjourned to the same date.

Jessica Blinda Polsoni Hanbury (striped shirt) and Heidi Ward (black dress) confront media outside Mackay court house. Picture: Fergus Gregg

Outside the court, one of Ms Polsoni’s supporters Heidi Ward said she planned to prosecute journalists for reporting “false narratives” on the case.

When asked what false narratives media were writing, she turned around and told a local 7 News journalist to go away before grabbing her microphone cover off.

She walked off before throwing the wind sock back towards the journalist.

“Someone’s going to get hurt,” Ms Ward said.

She accused the media of “baiting and provocation” and demanded to know the name of the 7 reporter, when she refused Ms Ward said she would just search for it.

She then grabbed the microphone, saying, “Stop a lady has lost a child. Do you have any respect.

“Stop and go away. You are provocating, you are baiting and you will be charged next.’’