Monday 6 June 2022 06:25 AM Stepmother accused of leaving four-year-old disabled girl Willow Dunn denied ... trends now

A four-year-old girl who suffered from 'terrible neglect' was so severely malnourished an expert found she stopped growing eight months before her death, a court has heard.

Willow Dunn's stepmother Shannon Leigh White and father Mark James Dunn have been committed to stand trial for the child's murder.

But White applied for bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday arguing the case for reckless murder was weak and the trial would not be held for some time.

Justice David Boddice disagreed, refusing White's application as the 45-year-old sat in the dock wiping away tears.