Tag: legal fairness


  • WA mum who starved teen daughter says trial unfair due to illness and appeal denial

    WA mum who starved teen daughter says trial unfair due to illness and appeal denial

    Background A West Australian mother convicted of neglect for allowing her teenage daughter to become dangerously underweight argues that her trial was unfair. She contends that a medical illness she developed during the proceedings affected her ability to participate and mount a full defense, and she has since pursued legal avenues to overturn the verdict.…