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Adelaide father whose ex-partner killed their baby son tells court of his ongoing trauma

The father of a baby boy killed by his own mother has told a South Australian court he feels he may never have another partner or child due to the trauma of his son’s death.
Key points:
- Michelle Allison Beal was last year found not guilty of murder due to mental incompetence
- Beal will remain under a mental health supervision order for life
- She will serve that term in the community
Michelle Allison Beal was last year found not guilty of murder due to mental incompetence.
Police went to the then-couple’s property at Woodville, in Adelaide’s west, in December 2018, where they found a nine-week-old baby boy, Maxwell Plew, who died at the scene.
No details on the cause of death have been released.
A court previously heard Beal had been suffering…
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