Woman says she ‘didn’t understand mental health’ before daughter experiencing acute psychosis killed another child

Published June 17, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Girl told mother she thought about killing people ‘all the time’, inquest into 10-year-old Biddy Porter’s death hears

The mother of a child killer did not understand mental health and consulted a naturopathic herbalist about concerns for her teenage daughter, an inquest has been told.

Details

Two weeks after the 14-year-old confessed to her mother that she thought about killing people “all the time”, the girl killed 10-year-old Biddy Porter at a property in rural New South Wales.

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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