With some persuasion, the woman passed the phone on to Cindy Taylor who was instructed to put her mother on the floor. Her daughter Cindy Melissa Taylor, 43, is on trial before the High Court at Auckland charged with her manslaughter after she allegedly failed to provide her with the necessary care to keep her alive. I know the difference between dead and alive," Luana Taylor said, before telling the operator she was "really aggravating". The phone ended up with Luana Taylor again who told McCann they were not willing to do CPR because it was "against their religion". A paramedic who found a 77-year-old severely emaciated woman lying dead, covered in her own excrement described her as looking like a "scarecrow".

Source: New Zealand Herald July 19, 2016 00:38 UTC