Disturbing details emerge after meth-addict mum Kerri-Ann Conley left her two ... trends now
A mum jailed for leaving her baby daughters to die in a hot car left one of the children alone with a minor after she was born, telling off a nurse after she was confronted over the act.
Details of Kerri-Ann Conley's disturbing drug use and comments were revealed by witnesses on the first day of an inquest into the 2019 deaths of her daughters Darcey-Helen and Chloe-Ann.
Both girls died after being left by their mother in a hot car outside her Waterford West home south of Brisbane on November 23 that year.
Conley is serving a nine-year jail term for their manslaughters but will be eligible for parole later this year.
The inquest is examining events leading up to the girls' deaths as well as the responses from Child Safety, Metro South Health and the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
Kerri-Ann Conley (pictured) is serving a nine-year jail term for the manslaughters of her daughters, who were both under three years old when they were left to die in a hot car
Two year old Darcey-Helen Conley (left) and 18-month-old Chloe-Ann died after they were left in the car by their mother, Kerri-Ann Conley, for more than nine hours
Conley's drug use, including her heavy use of methylamphetamine and whether it put the girls at risk, will be placed under the microscope.
On Monday, Darcey-Helen's great aunt Deborah Jackson gave evidence of her interactions with Conley - describing her at first as a 'very quiet girl' when she was first introduced.
Brisbane Coroner's Court was told Conley was 'upset' at learning that she was pregnant with Darcey-Helen, even threatening to 'dump' the baby on her father Peter Jackson's doorstep.
Despite this, Ms Jackson said Conley loved her daughter.
Ms Jackson said Darcey-Helen was left alone with Mr Jackson's 13-year-old daughter multiple times,
