"A MOTHER spared jail after getting her five-year-old son drunk on home brew will fight her conviction in court and risk a tougher sentence.
A Crown appeal against the leniency of Kylie Eastwood's original suspended sentence is due to be heard in the County Court at Morwell this week.
But it was revealed yesterday that Eastwood had changed her plea and would now plead not guilty.
Her lawyer, John Verhoeven, confirmed Eastwood would fight the charges against her, but would not disclose if new evidence would be led.
The case - and Eastwood's wholly suspended sentence - caused a public uproar earlier this year.
The original hearing was told Eastwood's son was so drunk he could barely stand or speak after she gave him four or five shots of grappa.
The boy, who police said "kept making grunting noises" and hitting walls, was found to have a blood alcohol content of .09 after he was taken to hospital by ambulance. Tests on the clear liquid home brew later found it was 44 per cent ethanol".
Clearly the kid is a light-weight, I mean 0.09 and he's hitting walls??
3 comments:
As long as she didn't feed him white bread its a-ok.
Just a bit touchy on that subject hey Wax?
C'mon Mrs B. - That was hilarious!
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