23 Sept 2018

Feminist Nurse Gave Partner’s Newborn Nephew Lethal Dose Of Painkiller After Feeling ‘Resentment’ For Patriarchy

Via Steve J4MB: The start of the piece:
A hospital nurse put the painkiller Tramadol into the feed of newborn baby in a “moment of madness”, a family court judge has concluded.
Judge Jane Probyn said a doctor had described the 12-day-old boy, the nephew of the nurse’s policeman partner, as being “30 minutes away from death”.
The judge said the youngster had recovered and not suffered any long-term consequences.
She said the nurse, who suffered depression, anxiety and low self-esteem alongside a history of mental health difficulties, had put at least 12 fragmented tablets into the baby’s bottle after succumbing to “feelings of resentment and despair”.
The judge added she did not think the nurse, who is in her 20s, had intended to cause the baby “serious harm”. [J4MB emphasis]
We need more female judges and nurses. Between them they can kill baby boys, and suffer no consequences.

I find that in a moment of madness, she succumbed to her feelings of resentment and despair and adulterated [the baby's] feed with at least 12 fragmented tablets, with the appalling consequences that followed. Judge Probyn
The judge said a police investigation had not been "robust".
She said she had concluded that the nurse was responsible after analysing evidence about other family members, including the baby's parents.
The judge said the nurse had been prescribed Tramadol three times and had prepared a bottle for the baby during a visit to his home.
"I find that in a moment of madness, she succumbed to her feelings of resentment and despair and adulterated [the baby's] feed with at least 12 fragmented tablets, with the appalling consequences that followed," said Judge Probyn in her ruling.

"I do not find, as alleged by the local authority, that she did so with the intention of causing [the baby] serious harm, although inevitably she must have been reckless in that regard."
Judge Probyn analysed the case in late 2017 but her ruling has only recently been published.
A spokesman for the judiciary said the delay in publication was due to separate but connected legal proceedings not ending until the summer.


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