Mum in court over alleged attempted murder of daughter at Gosford
A 28-year-old woman has attempted to have her bail conditions altered after police allege she tried to poison her two-year-old daughter in August 2020.
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A 28-year-old mother has been charged with the alleged attempted murder of her two-year-old daughter using insulin on the state’s Central Coast.
The Umina Beach woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is on bail and was excused when her matter was briefly mentioned at Gosford Local Court on Friday.
She is facing charges of attempted murder and using poison to endanger life.
Charge sheets tendered to the court allege that on August 12 2020 the woman did attempt to murder her daughter and gave her “a poison namely insulin”.
Her lawyer emailed the court to request a bail variation to the condition that she cannot be in the company of anyone under the age of 16.
The court heard the woman worked at a business on the Central Coast and requested the variation to work at the store and serve customers.
Magistrate Jennifer Price denied the bail variation until further information is provided.
“Given the serious nature of the matters I am not prepared to grant the bail variation,” she said.
In September last year, 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.
Police were told the child was admitted to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead on two separate occasions in August and September last year, after suspected poisoning.
The girl was treated and has since recovered.
Following extensive inquiries, detectives arrested a 28-year-old woman, confirmed to be the girl’s mother, at a home at Umina Beach just before 10am on Wednesday 28 July 2021.
She was taken to Gosford Police Station and charged with attempted murder, and use poison so as to endanger life.
She was initially refused bail however has since been released with strict bail conditions.
The woman’s bail variation has been adjourned to October 1 while her matter will be mentioned again at Gosford Local Court on November 4.
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