A Gold Coast mother who poisoned her young daughter with chemotherapy drugs to get attention has been jailed for six years.
The 23-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty last October to grievous bodily harm by giving her daughter the drugs that she bought over the internet.
The court heard the girl was three-and-a-half when the poisoning started.
The woman admitted last October that she gave her daughter the cancer drugs over a 10-month period.
The court also heard the woman set up a web page stating her daughter needed a bone marrow transplant and called for public donations.
The girl did not have cancer, and was hospitalised with life-threatening illnesses as a result of taking the drugs and spent long periods in hospital.
The court heard the woman also previously diagnosed herself as suffering from bowel cancer.
The prosecution says the breach of trust the mother committed was incomprehensible and was done to gain attention.
The court heard the little girl's health outlook is now good and she is living with her grandmother.
The woman's lawyer told the court it was a sad and disturbing case, but that her client has a mental disorder.
That is despite a treating psychiatrist not diagnosing her with a mental illness.
The woman has been in custody for the past year and will be eligible for parole from April next year.
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