Award-winning parent charged with murdering son

A woman who won an award for parenting has appeared in a Brisbane court charged with murdering her 18-month-old boy.

Candaneace Lea Metius, 21, from Beenleigh, south of Brisbane, was allegedly caught on tape smothering her son, Bray, while he was receiving treatment at Brisbane's Mater Children's Hospital in October last year.

The court heard Metius received a A$2000 ($2150) Queensland Government award for her work in the Beenleigh Young Parents Programme.