Neck them both. Unhumans.
Couple 'tied baby every night'
03mar03
AN 18-month-old baby was tied to her bed with sheets and blankets every night for more than a month before her death, a court has been told.
De facto couple, Rebecca May Haliday (Haliday), 22, and Daniel Ronald Green, 25, have both pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Beanca (Beanca) Margaret Newman and 10 counts of common assault against the baby.
The child, who Haliday had during a relationship with another man, was found dead in her bed on the morning of July 30, 2001.
The court was told Haliday, who also had another older child, was described by her neighbours as a "hopeless mother".
Crown Prosecutor Simone Bain told the Brisbane Supreme Court today Haliday had let Green tie up the child each night because she refused to go to sleep and would fall out of bed.
Ms Bain said the baby's arms and legs were tied behind her back, bound together in a bed sheet and then wrapped tightly into a doona.
Ms Bain said Green told police it was his suggestion to restrain the child, which he said he had done every night for a fortnight.
Haliday, however, told police in her statement the baby was bound every night since the couple had commenced their relationship six weeks earlier.
The couple was expected to be sentenced by Judge Roslyn Atkinson later today.
Couple 'tied baby every night'
03mar03
AN 18-month-old baby was tied to her bed with sheets and blankets every night for more than a month before her death, a court has been told.
De facto couple, Rebecca May Haliday (Haliday), 22, and Daniel Ronald Green, 25, have both pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Beanca (Beanca) Margaret Newman and 10 counts of common assault against the baby.
The child, who Haliday had during a relationship with another man, was found dead in her bed on the morning of July 30, 2001.
The court was told Haliday, who also had another older child, was described by her neighbours as a "hopeless mother".
Crown Prosecutor Simone Bain told the Brisbane Supreme Court today Haliday had let Green tie up the child each night because she refused to go to sleep and would fall out of bed.
Ms Bain said the baby's arms and legs were tied behind her back, bound together in a bed sheet and then wrapped tightly into a doona.
Ms Bain said Green told police it was his suggestion to restrain the child, which he said he had done every night for a fortnight.
Haliday, however, told police in her statement the baby was bound every night since the couple had commenced their relationship six weeks earlier.
The couple was expected to be sentenced by Judge Roslyn Atkinson later today.






