A severely malnourished six-year-old girl suffered an "atrocity" of neglect before her lifeless, lice-ridden body, weighing just 18kg, was rushed to hospital, a court tasked with sentencing her mother has heard.
Crystal Leanne Hanley, 49, faced the South Australian Supreme Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to criminal neglect causing death over the death of her six-year-old daughter, Charlie Nowland, in July 2022.
