一名新西兰母亲因据称污染医疗管,伤害其生病的孩子,造成多次威胁生命的感染而受审。
A New Zealand mother faces trial for allegedly harming her sick child by contaminating medical tubes, causing repeated life-threatening infections.
一名新西兰母亲在Nelson高等法院受审,她面临七起儿童医疗虐待指控,被控在19个月的时间里通过破坏喂养管和中央线故意伤害她身体脆弱的孩子,据称反复污染造成危及生命的败血症。
A New Zealand mother is on trial in Nelson’s High Court facing seven charges of medical child abuse, accused of deliberately harming her medically fragile child over 19 months by tampering with feeding tubes and central lines, allegedly causing life-threatening sepsis through repeated contamination.
检察官援引专家证词和在多个设施中儿童住院治疗的情况,辩称以各种细菌为标志的严重、反复感染模式可能是有意的。
Prosecutors argue the pattern of severe, recurring infections—marked by diverse bacteria—was likely intentional, citing expert testimony and the child’s hospitalizations across multiple facilities.
母亲的身份受到保护,母亲否认所有指控,她的辩护强调孩子的极端脆弱性,并质疑证据是否证明意图。
The mother, whose identity is protected, denies all charges, with her defense emphasizing the child’s extreme vulnerability and questioning whether the evidence proves intent.
审判预计将持续六个星期,涉及58名证人,并围绕母亲的行为是恶意行为还是错误行为进行。
The trial, expected to last six weeks, involves 58 witnesses and centers on whether the mother’s actions were malicious or misinterpreted.