PHOTO: ODT FILESA North Otago woman who received home detention for deliberately poisoning her son will no longer have her sentence appealed. The move has been labelled as “disgusting” by the victim’s father who said he had been left feeling drained and let down by the criminal justice system. “The Crown has become aware of information which is relevant to whether it remains in the public interest ... to pursue the sentence appeal,” she said. The man told the Otago Daily Times he felt there had been no justice for him or his boy. While the episode, according to scans, appeared to have caused the boy brain damage, his father said he had not yet seen any severe ill-effects.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 16, 2021 00:47 UTC