Woman says she ‘didn’t understand mental health’ before daughter experiencing acute psychosis killed another child

Woman says she ‘didn’t understand mental health’ before daughter experiencing acute psychosis killed another child

Girl told mother she thought about killing people ‘all the time’, inquest into 10-year-old Biddy Porter’s death hears

As a teenager descended into psychosis, killing animals, having visions and hearing voices, her mother consulted a naturopath believing the girl’s behaviour was due to a hormonal imbalance, an inquest has been told.

Two weeks after the 14-year-old confessed to her mother that she thought about killing people “all the time”, the girl killed 10-year-old Biddy Porter at a property in rural New South Wales.

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