A Queensland mother has dodged immediate jail time after being convicted of assaulting her baby girl by cutting off the infant’s air supply in “an attack on a defenceless victim”.
A Brisbane Supreme Court jury on Wednesday found Ashleigh Meagan Watterson not guilty of two counts of attempted murder, as well as an alternative charge of grievous bodily harm.
But the 30-year-old was convicted of assaulting four-month-old Sarah in October 2010.
Ashleigh Meagan Watterson has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of four-month-old Sarah. #9ACA https://t.co/MSOKGUCqTy
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