• AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    A woman accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter while involved in a cult three decades ago has pleaded not guilty.

    Police allege the toddler was beaten to death with plastic tubing and her remains disposed of at a rural property in Porters Retreat, which also served as the headquarters of the cult The Ministry of God.

    The 60-year-old appeared for arraignment in court via audio-visual link from Dillwynia correctional centre in western Sydney, where she pleaded not guilty.

    Craig and her co-accused Alexander Wilon - the cult’s alleged leader - were initially set to face court in a joint trial.

    “Mr Wilon recently suffered a stroke (and his) situation will not stabilise for three months,” he told NSW supreme court on Friday.

    Craig’s legal team will file an application for a judge-alone trial that will be assessed on 28 August.


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    • Sternhammer@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I just can’t imagine what circumstances would induce someone to commit such an horrific act on such a blameless child.