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A woman accused of killing a 10-month-old girl has had her name suppression extended because of the impact that publication could have on her 8-year-old child.
At Manukau District Court yesterday Judge Gus Andree Wiltens continued name suppression for the 30-year-old woman, who is charged with murdering 10-month-old Jyniah Te Awa of Manurewa.
He continued her bail with an extra proviso that she attend an appointment at Auckland's Mason Clinic for psychiatric patients this month.
A spokeswoman for Jyniah's family, Tania Cassidy, said she couldn't understand why the accused was bailed. The woman's bail conditions include that she live at a Hamilton address and not associate with the immediate family of Jyniah.
Ms Cassidy, who was Jyniah's great-aunt, said the girl had been a happy child and the family were devastated by her death.
Destiny Church spokesman and Family Party leader Richard Lewis had attended the accused woman's first appearance in court on October 30 but was not seen at court yesterday.
Mr Lewis said then that the family had asked the church for help and the church had helped facilitate their coming forward to police.
Jyniah was taken to Middlemore Hospital from a Manurewa address on September 23 after people at the address called an ambulance.
She was subsequently taken to Starship hospital in Auckland, where she died the next day. A post-mortem examination revealed she died of a non-accidental brain injury.
The accused is due to reappear in court on February 13.
- NZPA
