This girl, 4, was allegedly poisoned by her mother with chemotherapy drugs bought over the internet. This girl, 4, was poisoned by her mother with chemotherapy drugs bought over the internet. Photo: Supplied
A Queensland mother desperate for attention poisoned her healthy daughter with cancer drugs and also faked symptoms to have her own appendix removed, a court has been told.
The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is being sentenced in Brisbane’s District Court for causing grievous bodily harm to her then healthy four-year-old.
The 23-year-old bought chemotherapy drugs over the internet and fed them to her daughter over a period of nine months.
She also wrote about her child’s “fight for life” on a Facebook page, which garnered widespread support and even attracted a small amount of donations for medical treatment.