Overview

• Appearing via video link from custody, the 45-year-old admitted one count of acts likely to cause harm to a person under 12 and 10 counts of deception in the Adelaide Magistrates Court.
• Prosecutors told the court the deception raised $11,500 and occurred over roughly a month between mid-November and mid-December 2024.
• The court heard she shaved her son’s head and eyebrows, put him in a wheelchair, and wrapped him in bandages to mimic radiotherapy treatment.
• The prosecution dropped 61 additional charges after plea negotiations, and a previously filed criminal neglect charge did not proceed.
• Charges against her husband were withdrawn earlier this year, and Magistrate Patrick Hill remanded her to appear in the District Court on November 28.