Former television presenter Esther Arunga has been sentence
to 10months in prison but immediately released on parole.
Arunga was convicted of being an accessory to manslaughter
after the fact in her son’s case.
Parole is a legal term that refers to a person being released
from prison subject to specific conditions. During a parole period, an offender
can serve the remaining time of their prison sentence in the community, subject
to conditions.
Brisbane Supreme Court had been told how Arunga misled the police
after her three-year old son died in June 2014. She called the emergency services
saying that Sinclair had fallen down the stairs.
The court was also told how her husband Quincy Timberlake grabbed
a Bible and told the doctors that there was a ‘devil’ in his son’s stomach.
After 26days, Arunga changed her story and told the investigating
officers that Timberlake had punched their son in the stomach.
Brisbane Times reported that Quincy admitted himself to Prince
Charles Mental Hospital on July 3, 2014 but a week later, he was made an involuntary
patient. On September 3, 2014 he was arrested and charged with murder.
A week later, Arunga was charged with being an accessory after
the fact to the manslaughter of their son Sinclair. She was released on bail and
shortly after changed her name to Chryslertte Provydence Timberlake.
It is clear whether Quincy is still at the mental facility or
in police custody.
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