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Parents jailed for torture and manslaughter of toddler daughter Maddilyn-Rose Ava Stokes
A Brisbane couple who refused to seek medical treatment for their two-year-old daughter and let her suffer in “excruciating pain” with second degree burns for several days before the child died of her injuries have been jailed for more than nine years for her manslaughter.
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Key points:
- Medical experts say it would have been “obvious” the toddler needed urgent emergency treatment
- Shane David Stokes and Nicole Betty Moore pleaded guilty to their daughter’s torture and manslaughter
- When handing down the sentences, Justice David Jackson said the pair’s conduct was “incomprehensible”
Maddilyn-Rose Ava Stokes was admitted to the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane…
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