Queensland woman pleads guilty to manslaughter of baby daughter who drowned in bath

Lavinia Alison Murray’s few minutes of inattention while bathing seven-month-old Trinity have resulted in ‘devastating consequences’, court hears

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A mother’s few minutes of inattention while giving her baby daughter a bath have resulted in “devastating consequences”, a court has heard.

The grandmother of a baby who drowned in an accident has described to a sentencing hearing how she “lost a part” of her life after the seven-month-old girl died.

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