Woman jailed for attempting to suffocate father in Queensland aged care home

Rebecca Burden was visiting her brain-injured dad for the first time in six months when she says he asked her to kill him

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A Brisbane woman has been jailed for at least 10 months after admitting a lapse of judgment when she tried to suffocate her brain-injured father.

Rebecca Louise Burden was visiting 68-year-old Steven Burden for the first time she was permitted after Covid-19 restrictions lifted at his aged care home when she says he asked her to kill him.

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