Queensland social media influencer accused of torturing one-year-old for money and fame granted bail
by Joe Hinchliffe from World news | The Guardian on (#6TX00)
Magistrate allows release of 34-year-old charged with 11 offences related to treatment of her baby daughter
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A social media influencer who allegedly gave her baby multiple drugs to film her in immense distress" in a plan to gain fame and money online has been granted bail by a Queensland magistrate.
On Wednesday morning, magistrate Stephen Courtney accepted the arguments of lawyer Mathew Cuskelly that any risk his 34-year-old client, who cannot be named for legal reasons, posed to her now 18-month-old daughter could be ameliorated by strict conditions.
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