A mother has been accused of suffocating her baby boy less than 36 hours after allegedly attempting to drown the infant in a friend’s swimming pool.
The Sydney woman, 30, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, with one of the counts expected to be upgraded to murder, after the infant died on March 23.
Police discovered she had left The Children’s Hospital at Westmead without her 11-month-old baby being discharged at about 4am on March 20.
The little boy had been rushed to hospital the day before after paramedics were called to a home in northern Sydney where a child was in distress.
A Sydney mother has been accused of suffocating her baby boy less than 36 hours after allegedly attempting to drown the infant in a swimming pool (stock image)
The baby’s mother and another woman had performed CPR on the infant at the Westleigh home before first responders arrived.
It is understood the child’s condition had improved in hospital, where he was admitted for treatment and observation, the Daily Telegraph reports.
However, less than 36 hours after the incident the baby was allegedly suffocated.
His mother called triple-zero and allegedly told the operator the 11-month-old was unresponsive at about 12:30pm on March 21.
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Paramedics rushed the baby to the hospital in a critical condition, with the child requiring life support for two days.
On March 22, detectives from the NSW Police Child Abuse Squad arrested the baby’s mother and charged her with two counts of attempted murder.
The baby had been rushed to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (pictured) after paramedics were called to a home in northern Sydney on March 19
The woman spent a night in custody before fronting Hornsby Local Court on March 23, the same day her son passed away.
The mother was refused bail with police expecting her charges to be upgraded to one count of attempted murder and one count of murder.
‘Police will allege in court that the woman attempted to drown the boy at a home in Westleigh on Sunday 19 March 2023,’ NSW Police said in a statement.
‘It will be further alleged the woman restricted the boy’s breathing at the home on Tuesday 21 March, 2023.’
The woman is scheduled to next appear in court on May 18.
