A lady has been jailed after she left her ex-husband coated in faeces and lice whereas he battled most cancers of their dwelling.
In a long-awaited conclusion to a 10-year quest for justice, Libby Jade Baker was sentenced to a minimum of three years behind bars within the NSW District Court on Friday.
The 44-year-old was discovered responsible of manslaughter final yr after a judge-alone trial decided she was criminally negligent for failing to look after Johnathan Young within the months main as much as his dying.
The 58-year-old had spent 5 months in Baker’s care as he battled rectal and renal most cancers and the consequences of a number of strokes earlier than he died on October 16, 2012.
When a group companies employee visited the North Richmond dwelling earlier that month, the court docket was instructed that she was overwhelmed by the scent of faeces and rotten flesh and noticed Mr Young’s pores and skin was “hanging from his bones”.
He was lined in lice and painful sores when he was admitted to hospital simply 11 days earlier than his dying.
Medical professionals have been appalled by his situation, with one nurse remarking “he looked dead”. The court docket heard Mr Young’s eyes have been sunken and his physique was lined in darkish lesions when he was admitted.
Nurses found he was lined in lice, which had shaped crawling balls in his armpits, and he had not been correctly showered in weeks.
Healthcare employees stated the 58-year-old was severely malnourished and had dried faeces coated on his legs, the court docket heard.
Mr Young weighed solely 35.8kg at his time of dying after dropping a staggering 27kg in solely six months.
Judge Deborah Sweeny decided Baker failed to offer her ex-husband with correct meals, hygiene, and medical consideration, which led to his dying.
The court docket was instructed the 44-year-old was depending on heroin whereas she was caring for Mr Young. Her use had accelerated after the tragic dying of her mom, who was severely overwhelmed by her accomplice and killed.
On Friday, Judge Sweeny sentenced the failed carer to 5 years imprisonment with a non-parole interval of three years for negligently breaching her obligation of care to her ex-husband.
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