A young West Australian mother who violently shook her baby daughter to death has failed to convince a judge she should escape a life jail term for the murder.Cassandra Doohan lied about assaulting her baby before admitting to murderCassandra Rose Doohan, 20, had argued that the"exceptional" nature of the case meant she should receive a fixed term for the murder of her four-and-a-half-month-old daughter Anastasia, who died in hospital in May 2017.
Two days earlier the baby's father had found the child floppy and unresponsive in her cot, after leaving her alone with Doohan while he had a shower at the family's home in Capel, south of Perth. Today Justice Anthony Derrick ruled the crime was so serious that only a life sentence was appropriate, and ordered that Doohan serve at least 13 years behind bars before she can be released.
The Supreme Court was told the baby died of head and neck injuries, but a post mortem examination revealed Anastasia had numerous other injuries including broken bones that were likely to have been inflicted in the days and weeks before the fatal assault. Doohan, pleaded guilty to her murder, with the Supreme Court hearing she also admitted mistreating the baby in the weeks before.
women commit domestic violence? and kill? isn't just men? have you checked the source of this story?
such a tragic heartbreaking story for all 💔
Reminds me of mindhunter, terrible upbringing breeds terrible people who do terrible things to children, if the child survives the cycle repeats....
13 years. If it was a Father, minimum 25 years. That’s gender equality for you. You’re welcome.
She better be in a mental ward for the rest of her life then...
'... fails to avoid life jail term' Interesting choice of wording. What are you getting at?
Shhhh. We need to be talking about how men are violent.
Why is this crisis of women killing children not being addressed, filicide is becoming an epidemic in our country.
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