What justice was there for a little boy, murdered by his aunt?
“The failure of the Health System, the Mental Health System, and Queensland Health, in this …case, was tragic and avoidable, and the fact that no clinical staff was disciplined or held to account is, in itself, remarkable.” p.198
Chapter 7
“If she had been tried…a second little boy, Jye, would still be alive today” p.197
Jye’s aunt had already killed her own14-month-old baby and avoided culpability by going through the Mental Health Court. She was sent home under the care of mental health services.
There is a false sense of security created by these services
One day after exhibiting odd behaviour, the aunt was brought in for assessment and in a shocking failure of Mental Health, “was not admitted to a hospital and not given medication, and although staff knew she had killed her son, they did not tell the doctor. Unbelievably, they took her home without assessing the family, warning them, or checking in any way. How is this possible? It happens again.” p. 99
She was never tried for either murder.
We now live in a world where psychiatrists decide the guilt and the penalty for murderers in their consulting rooms.