Qld; Woman charged with the attempted murder of granddaughter

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2001
Qld; Woman charged with the attempted murder of granddaughter

A 45-year-old woman has appeared in court on the Sunshine Coast charged with the attempted
murder of her three-year-old granddaughter.

The woman, from the northern Brisbane suburb of Bracken Ridge, has been granted bail
on condition that she stay away from the child and the child's mother.

She has also been with causing grievous bodily harm to the girl, who is now in a critical
but stable condition in the Royal Brisbane Hospital after undergoing surgery for knife
wounds to her back.

The woman -- who cannot be identified under Queensland's child protection laws -- sat
quietly in the dock as she was charged with stabbing the girl yesterday evening at Kiels
Mountain, west of Maroochydore.

AAP RTV rad/wjf

KEYWORD: TODDLER (BRISBANE)

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