A Whangārei woman on trial in relation to the death of her 5-month-old son has applied for one of the charges to be dismissed on the basis of a lack of evidence.
She is facing a judge-alone trial, on four charges of ill treatment of child, one of assault with a weapon and one of administering cannabis to a person under 18.
Police were called to a home in Whangārei by ambulance staff about 8.30pm on August 22, 2019. The baby died at the scene.
The mother has interim name suppression until the outcome of the trial in the High Court at Whangārei.
At the conclusion of the Crown case yesterday morning, her lawyer Wayne McKean made an oral submission that the charge of ill treatment or neglect of a child by conduct that impaired the toddler's breathing be dismissed.