Mum admits to strangling her seven-month-old baby after taking photos of little boy with a cord around his neck and sock stuffed in his mouth
A seven-month-old baby was strangled with a cord and strangled with a sock by his mother in an attempt to 'emotionally manipulate' his father, a court has heard.
Holly Anne Maxwell, 26, pleaded guilty in the Perth Magistrates Court on Friday to three charges of assault and one charge of obstructing breathing.
Maxwell filmed her baby with a cord pulled tight around his neck and a sock stuffed in his mouth and the images sent to his father in January.
The videos are so graphic that police “protected” prosecutors from seeing them.
Maxwell pleaded not guilty to the original charges of intent to injure and threaten to kill, but changed her plea to guilty to the new charges.
Holly Anne Maxwell, 26, pleaded guilty in the Perth Magistrates Court on Friday to three charges of assault and one charge of obstructing breathing.
In footage sent to the baby's father, Maxwell could be heard screaming 'I'm going to flog this motherfucker, I'm going to kill this motherfucker', and 'he's going to get hurt'.
Another video showed the baby crying in the back of a car as Maxwell screamed that she couldn't.”just stuck with this c***'.
The court heard Maxwell split from the baby's father in late 2022 and used the photos and videos to do so 'emotionally manipulate' and scare him, WA Today reports.
Although prosecutors could not see the material, the court heard Maxwell filmed her son with a black sock in his mouth and a cord around his neck.
Maxwell is due to appear in court in January A psychological report is prepared for the magistrate prior to sentencing.
The court heard Maxwell split from the baby's father in late 2022 and the 'explicit' photos and videos were used as a way to 'emotionally manipulate' and scare him.