Australia: "Boys shower deaths case: Depressed mums need more help"

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2013-06-13 01:12

Article here. Excerpt:

'THE "terrible and very tragic'' deaths of two boys who died after their mother left them unattended in a shower for 10 hours highlights the need for more support for mentally ill mothers, the West Australian coroner says.

Coroner Alastair Hope handed down an open finding today in an inquest into the deaths of Lochlan James Stevens, aged two, and Malachi Isaac Stevens, aged 10 months, in November 2008.

But he made no recommendations because there was a lack of evidence from the boys' mother, Miranda Hebble, who claimed to not remember details from the incident.

The inquest heard she left the boys in the shower while she fetched something and fell asleep or passed out for 10 hours.'

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'THE "terrible and very tragic'' deaths of two girls who died after their father left them unattended in a shower for 10 hours highlights the need for more support for mentally ill fathers, the West Australian coroner says.'

'nuff said.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2013-06-13 02:31