Woman made son swallow battery found guilty of neglect

  • A woman has been found guilty of neglect after intentionally making kids sick 
  • The mother took daughter to hospital more than 100 times in four years
  • Auckland High Court heard the woman got a ‘buzz’ off the emergency rooms
  • The two children have since been taken out of the New Zealand mother’s care

A mother who took her daughter to hospital more than 100 times in four years has been found guilty of neglect. 

Auckland High Court heard the woman intentionally made her young children sick because she enjoyed the ‘buzz’ of emergency departments, Stuff reports.

‘One inference available is she thrived off the buzz of interacting with emergency people,’ Crown prosecutor Mark Harborow told the court.

Auckland High Court (pictured) heard a woman intentionally made her young children sick because she enjoyed the ‘buzz’ of emergency departments 

‘She thrived off the buzz of the emergency, the blood pumping, the adrenaline, sirens, lights, everything.’

However, the defence said it was a case of ‘anxiety, over reactions, hyper vigilance and layers of suspicion’. 

The court heard the woman intentionally suffocated her newborn son in October 2015.

Later, on a supervised visit to her children, the Crown alleged the mother made her young son swallow a button battery, the publication reported.  

The woman was found guilty of six charges of ill treatment or neglect of a child.

The two children have been removed from their mother’s care.  

During a supervised visit to her children, the Crown alleged the mother made her young son swallow a button battery (stock image)

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