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Doctor’s ‘gross negligence’ led to mother’s fatal homebirth, trial told
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“Within eight minutes of Ms James’ triple-0 call … Ms Butler was (essentially) dead,” Mr Cummings submitted in his opening address on Tuesday.
The jury was told evidence from Ms Butler’s phone would show photographs of Leo in Ms Butler’s arms, taken about 4.07am.
Camera Icon Dr James attended Ms Butler’s home on December 27, 2017 following the birth of Ms Butler’s youngest child Leo.
“An ordinary doctor in the position of Ms James … would reasonably have foreseen the circumstances of Ms Butler’s death,” he said.
He implored the jury to consider the elements available to those present at the time of Ms Butler’s death.