A new mum was suffering from a "significant disturbed mind" when she put her newborn daughter on train tracks, a court heard.
The driver of the train was forced to activate the emergency brakes and shut his eyes as he braced for impact. Melissa Arbuckle, 32, appeared at Victoria's Supreme Court in Melbourne, Australia, on April 5 after pleading guilty to one count of infanticide, The Mirror reports.
Her lawyer told the court how Arbuckle had a "significantly disturbed mind" and had intended to take her own life too after killing little Lily.
On the day that Lily was placed on the tracks, Arbuckle messaged her now estranged husband to say that their child was "losing it after a feed".She said she decided to take the baby for a walk to the tracks at Upwey in Melbourne's east, where a train driver used her daughter's hand to wave at the train, the prosecutor said.The court heard that Arbuckle started looking for information online about trains, including speed, just moments into the walk.Police alleged that a train driver spotted Arbuckle moving towards the tracks in a "suspicious" way.
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