It’s a Fluke that Mother Kills Baby

Timocrat · #1 21st-November-2007

Dateline: South Australia, Australia
By: Todd Cardy at News.com.au
From: Dad’s On the Air
Via: The Honor Network

It’s a Fluke that Mother Kills Baby
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A WOMAN who threw her six-month-old baby across a bedroom, causing fatal injuries, had previously been an almost flawless mother, a South Australian court has been told.

Sarah Michelle Peters, 21, has pleaded not guilty in the SA Supreme Court to murdering baby Crystal, who died from severe bleeding to the brain on August 14 last year.

A post-mortem examination found the child had a broken left arm, head fractures and brain haemorrhages when she died. Ms Peters has testified she threw the screaming child at their home at Seaford in Adelaide's south but she did not intend to kill her.

Ms Peters told the court she picked up the child by one hand then threw her across the bed before her daughter landed on the ground. In closing arguments to the jury today, defence lawyer Stephen Apps said his client had lovingly cared for her baby before the incident.

Mr Apps said Ms Peters, who suffered depression and anxiety, had "lost the plot" on the day the baby died because her husband had left her home alone to meet an ex-girlfriend.

He said that while the events of the day were tragic, her record with the baby, who was born premature with a weak neck, was close to flawless. "It was one day in all that time when something happened," Mr Apps told the court.

"It is not a case where a baby was left in a cot, not fed or cared for. "She was as close as she could be to a perfect mother."

Prosecutor Kevin Tavener said Ms Peters's action were deliberate and when she picked up the child to throw her, she did so with intent to kill or, at least, cause serious bodily harm. Mr Tavener said Ms Peters had become enraged from the events of the day which led to an irritable state of mind. "She simply took out her frustration and anger on the baby that day," Mr Tavener told the court. The trial, before Justice John Doyle, continues.

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It’s a Fluke that Mother Kills Baby

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