#Latest news with #JhulioSariagoABC News4 days agoGeneralABC NewsMother accused of being responsible for sons' drowning deaths gets bail ahead of retrialA north Queensland woman accused of being responsible for the drownings of her two sons more than six years ago has been granted bail ahead of a retrial. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains names and images of people who have died. Five-year-old Barak Austral and three-year-old Jhulio Sariago drowned in the Ross River in Townsville in February 2019. Their mother, Leeanne Eatts, was charged with their manslaughter and was found guilty by a jury in 2023. It was alleged during her trial Ms Eatts acted negligently and failed to adequately supervise the pair at their home in Cranbrook. The trial heard the bodies of the two boys were found hours after they wandered off from their backyard. Ms Eatts was later sentenced to eight years in jail and given a parole eligibility date in December next year. Earlier this week Ms Eatts successfully overturned her convictions in the Court of Appeal and was awarded a new trial. On Friday she made a successful application for bail in the Supreme Court in Brisbane. The court heard she will be subject to the same conditions she had when she was previously on bail, except she will not have to wear a GPS monitoring device this time. Ms Eatts's matter will return to court in Townsville at a future date.
ABC News4 days agoGeneralABC NewsMother accused of being responsible for sons' drowning deaths gets bail ahead of retrialA north Queensland woman accused of being responsible for the drownings of her two sons more than six years ago has been granted bail ahead of a retrial. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains names and images of people who have died. Five-year-old Barak Austral and three-year-old Jhulio Sariago drowned in the Ross River in Townsville in February 2019. Their mother, Leeanne Eatts, was charged with their manslaughter and was found guilty by a jury in 2023. It was alleged during her trial Ms Eatts acted negligently and failed to adequately supervise the pair at their home in Cranbrook. The trial heard the bodies of the two boys were found hours after they wandered off from their backyard. Ms Eatts was later sentenced to eight years in jail and given a parole eligibility date in December next year. Earlier this week Ms Eatts successfully overturned her convictions in the Court of Appeal and was awarded a new trial. On Friday she made a successful application for bail in the Supreme Court in Brisbane. The court heard she will be subject to the same conditions she had when she was previously on bail, except she will not have to wear a GPS monitoring device this time. Ms Eatts's matter will return to court in Townsville at a future date.
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