The parents will spend their first night behind bars after a four-week trial where damning evidence was presented to the court about how the girl was allowed to become dangerously thin.
Two Floreat parents will spend their first night behind bars after being found guilty of starving their teenage daughter, as well as social, emotional and functional neglect.
Black told the court after the guilty verdicts were received that the harm the parents caused to the girl was “significant” and would likely carry a lengthy term of imprisonment. Those same dance teachers told the court they raised concerns with the parents in conversations, phone calls and emails, which they say were ignored.After pressure escalated for the parents to get the girl assessed by a doctor, they moved her to a different dance school.But it wasn’t just her weight – witnesses told the court the girl was unusually immature for her age, despite also believing she was two years younger than her actual age.
The father admitted to the jury he was controlling of his wife and was verbally abusive and coercive. They also claimed they did not take concerns about the girl’s weight seriously because they did not believe she was too thin. The matter could have ended there, but the court heard evidence that it took the parents five months to present the girl to a doctor.
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