Accused Queensland torturer allegedly poisoned one-year-old and posted videos seeking donations
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Police allege woman, 34, filmed girl in ‘immense distress’ and used videos to ‘entice monetary donations and online followers’. A 34-year-old Queensland woman has been arrested and charged after allegedly poisoning a one-year-old girl and posting videos of her in what police describe as “immense distress and pain” in order to solicit donations and build an online following.
Police laid charges, including torture, against the Sunshine Coast woman on Thursday, on the back of what they said were extensive investigations after concerns were raised by medical staff from a hospital in Brisbane’s south while the child was admitted.
Investigators allege the poisoning occurred between 6 August and 15 October last year, during which time the woman administered several unauthorised prescription and pharmacy medicines to the baby girl, who was known to her, without medical approval. “While the child was being subject to immense distress and pain, it is alleged the woman filmed and posted videos of the child,” a police statement reads.
“It is alleged the content produced exploited the child and was used to entice monetary donations and online followers.”. Police allege the woman disregarded medical advice and “went to lengths to obtain unauthorised medicines, including old medicines for a different person available in their home”.
