Overview
- South Australia’s Supreme Court sentenced Crystal Hanley after she admitted three counts of criminal neglect involving Charlie Nowland and two older siblings.
- Judge Sandi McDonald said Hanley "failed as a mother at the most fundamental level" and found she prevented others from assisting the children.
- Hanley received a non-parole period of 12 years, making her first eligible for release at about age 67.
- Evidence described Charlie’s emaciation and lice infestation, unclean and cluttered living conditions, and a childhood without school or medical care.
- Phone recordings captured Hanley mocking Charlie’s inability to walk, and paramedics found the six-year-old unresponsive on July 15, 2022 before she died shortly after hospital admission.