2023 trial date set for Umina Beach mum who allegedly poisoned her daughter using insulin

The trial of a Umina Beach mum charged with allegedly poisoning her two-year-old daughter will be held in late 2023. Hear the latest from the woman’s first appearance in the District Court.

A 2023 trial date has been set for a Umina Beach mum who allegedly poisoned her daughter using insulin.

The 29-year-old’s matter was mentioned for the first time before Judge Timothy Gartelmann at Sydney District Court on Friday.

The woman, who cannot be names for legal reasons, was excused from appearing and represented by defence lawyer Louise Coorey.

It comes after she entered pleas of not guilty to one count of use poison so as to endanger life and one count of wound person intend to cause grievous bodily harm (domestic violence) at Gosford Local Court in August.

The court heard that the trial would last 10-15 days with “a number of medical experts” to be called.

The Umina Beach mum leaving Gosford Local Court. Picture: Fiona Killman

Judge Gartelmann set the trial down for October 3 2023.

Charge sheets tendered to the court allege that on August 12 2020 the woman gave her daughter “a poison namely insulin”.

In September 2020, detectives from the State Crime Command’s Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad established Strike Force Flide after being notified a two-year-old girl had been hospitalised.

The trial will be held at Sydney Downing Centre. Picture: Nikki Short

Police were told the child was admitted to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead on two separate occasions in August and September in 2020, after suspected poisoning. The girl was treated and has since recovered.

Detectives arrested the woman, confirmed to be the girl’s mother, at a home at Umina Beach on July 28 2021.

The woman’s bail was continued until her trial in October 2023 Sydney and an apprehended violence order (AVO) matter relating to her daughter will be mentioned again in February 2023.