Posted 11/05/2010
A court has found a mother was psychotic when she killed her two-year-old son by standing on him.
The Supreme Court in Adelaide received psychiatric reports that Rachel Cherie Hadley stood on her son's chest and mouth to expel evil spirits.
The doctors said she thought she was curing him, rather than killing him.
An autopsy found the toddler died from asphyxiation.
It is a year to the day since Duke Hadley died.
Justice Kevin Duggan found his mother was mentally incompetent when she killed him.
He put off the case until December to get at least two more reports before sentencing Hadley.
The woman's lawyer, Bill Braithwaite, said there would be no application for her release, meaning she is expected to be kept in a mental health facility.
From: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/05/3058480.htm
Friday, November 5, 2010
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