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Mother fronts court over axe attack
Herald Sun, Australia,
By Elissa Hunt, December 9, 2005
A YOUNG mum accused of chopping off her son's leg
with an axe faced court yesterday charged with
attempted murder.
The woman, 21, walked into court No. 1 at Melbourne
Magistrates' Court shortly before 1pm with the help
of Box Hill CIU detectives.
The little boy, aged 20 months, was the youngest
child in Australia and the second youngest in the
world to have a leg reattached after it was severed
on November 7.
His mother has been in psychiatric care in Box Hill
since the incident at a Mont Albert home, run by a
church shelter group.
Yesterday she sat sobbing and shaking during the
brief hearing, wiping away tears as the court heard
police had shown her great compassion since the
attack.
She took part in an arranged interview yesterday
morning at Box Hill police station, and was later
charged with attempted murder, intentionally causing
serious injury and unlawful assault.
The court was told the mother would be taken to the
Thomas Embling secure hospital rather than be kept
in prison while on remand.
She did not apply for bail and magistrate John Hardy
remanded her in custody until March next year.
The toddler, whose right leg was severed just below
the knee, had surgery at the Royal Children's
Hospital.
The child is now at the heart of a custody battle
between his father and his maternal grandparents,
which is scheduled for a court hearing this month.
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The Story of the Killing of Innocent Canadian Children |
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Butterbox Survivors:
Life After the Ideal Maternity Home:
Since the 1992 publication of Butterbox Babies, the Ideal Maternity Home in Chester, Nova Scotia,
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