Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
16%
3 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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Crime & Law
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
A mother accused of trying to murder her three young children wants to be released back into the community to receive mental health treatment.
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mother → accuse → treatment
The woman, who cannot be identified, was arrested in March after she was found next to her submerged car in the presence of her children, all aged under 12.
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all → identify → 12
She was subsequently charged with 11 offences including five counts of attempted murder.
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She → charge → murder
Prosecutors allege the woman drove her children off a boat ramp and into a creek on March 1.
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woman → allege → March
It's alleged she locked the vehicle's doors and drove at speed into the body of water, placing her children in danger of death and serious injury.
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she → allege → death
She is also accused of forcing her children's heads under water, placing them in danger of death.
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She → accuse → death
The woman made a bid for bail in the Victorian Supreme Court on Thursday after an unsuccessful attempt in the Magistrates' Court in September.
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woman → make → September
Her barrister Tim Marsh argued there were exceptional reasons for bail, noting a recent psychiatric report had raised the availability of a mental impairment defence.
A mother accused of trying to murder her three children has made a bid for bail in the Victorian Supreme Court (pictured) after an unsuccessful attempt in the Magistrates' Court last month
The woman had a severe and debilitating form of obsessive-compulsive disorder and severe pre- and post-natal depression, Mr Marsh said.
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Marsh → argue → disorder
At the time of the alleged attempted murders, the woman was experiencing an acute mental health episode, the barrister said.
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barrister → allege → episode
The consideration of a mental impairment defence had led to delays in the case as prosecutors sought to obtain their own psychiatric opinion, Mr Marsh said.
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Marsh → lead → opinion
The woman was no longer in an acute mental state after being treated at a secure forensic mental health facility when she was first arrested, the barrister said.
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barrister → treat → facility
But since her discharge from the hospital in April, she had only received 'fairly limited' support in custody, Mr Marsh said.
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Marsh → receive → custody
He told the court if the woman was bailed, she would obtain a mental health plan from her GP and then see a psychologist.
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she → tell → psychologist
She was also planning to live with her parents and not have any contact with her three children, Mr Marsh said.
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Marsh → plan → children
The barrister argued the woman was not a risk to the community at large and the risk she posed to her children could be mitigated.
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she → argue → children
'This offending is entirely specific to the very unusual circumstances of March this year,' Mr Marsh said.
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Marsh → say → March
Prosecutor Diana Karamicov opposed bail, arguing it remained unclear how the woman would receive mental health treatment in the community.
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woman → oppose → community
The woman's husband had also raised concerns about attempts she might make to contact the children, Ms Karamicov said.
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Karamicov → raise → children
Justice Amanda Fox will hand down her bail decision on Friday.
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Fox → hand → Friday
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