"Mum Did That": The Kiesha Weippe...
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"Mum Did That": The Kiesha Weippeart Case
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Child Protection Files: Real Cases, Real System Failures by Jay Gill

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Episode Notes — Four Days of School: The Kiesha Weippeart Case

Case: Kiesha Weippeart Location: Mount Druitt, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Period covered: 2004–2013

Key people:

  • Kiesha Weippeart — the child at the centre of this case, murdered 14 July 2010, age 6
  • Kristi Abrahams — Kiesha's mother, pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to 22 years 6 months (non-parole 16 years, eligible 2027)
  • Robert Smith — Kiesha's stepfather, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and being an accessory after the fact, sentenced to 16 years (non-parole 12 years), later granted parole
  • Justice Ian Harrison — presided over sentencing at the NSW Supreme Court
  • Dr Matthew Orde — forensic pathologist who testified to Kiesha's injuries a ... 
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