A girl has been jailed after she left her husband coated in faeces and lice whereas he battled most cancers of their residence.
In a long-awaited conclusion to a 10-year quest for justice, Libby Jade Baker, 44, was sentenced to at the least three years behind bars within the NSW District Court on Friday.
She was final 12 months discovered responsible of manslaughter after a judge-alone trial discovered she was criminally negligent for failing to look after Johnathan Young within the months main as much as his demise.
The 58-year-old had spent 5 months in Baker’s care as he battled rectal and renal most cancers earlier than he died on October 16, 2012.
When a neighborhood companies employee visited the North Richmond residence earlier that month, a court docket was beforehand informed 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 coated in lice and painful sores when he was admitted to hospital simply 11 days earlier than his demise.
Medical professionals had been appalled by his situation, with one nurse remarking “he looked dead”. The court docket was beforehand informed his eyes had been sunken and his physique was coated in darkish lesions when he was admitted.
Nurses found he was coated in lice, which had fashioned crawling balls in his armpits, and he had not been correctly showered in weeks.
Healthcare staff mentioned the 58-year-old was severely malnourished and had dried faeces coated on his legs, the court docket was beforehand informed.
Mr Young weighed solely 35.8kg at his time of demise after shedding a staggering 27kg in solely six months.
Judge Deborah Sweeny dominated Baker failed to supply her husband with correct meals, hygiene, and medical consideration, which led to his demise.
The court docket was informed the 44-year-old was depending on heroin whereas she was caring for Mr Young. Her use had accelerated after the tragic demise of her mom, who was severely crushed by her accomplice and killed.
On Friday, she sentenced the failed carer to 5 years imprisonment with a non-parole interval of three years for negligently breaching her responsibility of care to her husband.
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Originally printed as Negligent carer sentenced for leaving sick husband coated in lice, faeces
