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A man who laughed and smiled after the remainder of his sentence was suspended after pleading guilty to unlawfully killing a four-year-old boy has outraged the Queensland Premier and prompted the Attorney-General to consider appealing the decision to release him.

After pleading guilty in the Supreme Court in Brisbane yesterday to the manslaughter of Tyrell Cobb, Matthew Ian Scown was sentenced to four years in prison.

Because he had already spent two years and eight months in custody, the remainder of his sentence was suspended and he walked free.

Scown smiled as he was asked questions by reporters leaving court and began laughing when a cameraman stumbled in the media scrum.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the reaction of Scown upon his release yesterday was "completely insensitive".

Asked to respond to anger expressed at Scown's response, she said: "I'm angry too. How insensitive for this man to be laughing after the death of his stepson."

Scown is the former de facto partner of Tyrell's mother, Heidi Strbak, who is also charged with manslaughter.

Tyrell was found unconscious inside an apartment at Biggera Waters on the Gold Coast in 2009 and later died in hospital.

The court heard Tyrell died from an abdominal injury.

Justice Martin Burns told the court it was not suggested Scown knew about or inflicted the fatal blow on the little boy.

Prosecutor Phil McCarthy told the court Scown called triple-0 when Tyrell began vomiting after he was put to bed by his mother and told the operator "it looks like he's going to die".

"He never regained consciousness," he told the court.

"[There was] ... a total of 53 bruises and 17 abrasions."

In sentencing yesterday, Justice Burns said he acknowledged that Scown had asked Ms Strbak to seek medical attention for Tyrell the day he died.

"Clearly you were very worried about the little boy," he said.

"You ought to have acted yourself, regardless of her wishes."

Ms Palaszczuk said the judge "obviously made the decision based on the evidence".

Hetty Johnston from child advocacy group Bravehearts said there was no excuse for ignoring child abuse and people who did not speak up deserved to face harsher penalties.

"If you haven't done it, but you know it's happening and you haven't done anything to stop it, you're as guilty as the perpetrator," she said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-...szczuk-laughing-scown-sentence-review/9041844
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A mother has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her four-year-old son on the Gold Coast in May 2009.

Heidi Strbak pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday to unlawfully killing Tyrell Cobb, who had more than 70 injuries when he was found.

He later died in hospital from internal bleeding and peritonitis - inflammation caused by an infection of the ruptured organ.

Strbak was again released on bail and will return to court on Tuesday for a three-day contested sentencing hearing.

Her ex-partner Matthew Scown walked from court last month after being sentenced to four years jail for manslaughter, having already spent two years and eight months in custody.

Scown, 34, grinned and laughed when questioned by reporters on October 10 after the Supreme Court in Brisbane suspended his sentence.

Scown was sentenced to four years jail for the manslaughter of his stepson Tyrell Cobb, having already spent two years and eight months in custody.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5037867/Mother-pleads-guilty-killing-four-year-old-son.html

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18 Dec 2017

Heidi Strbak has been sentenced to nine years in jail by the Supreme Court in Brisbane over the manslaughter of her four-year-old son Tyrell Cobb. Strbak will have to serve four years in custody before being eligible for parole.

Last week, a Supreme Court judge found that Strbak inflicted the fatal blow or blows that killed her son on the Gold Coast in 2009.

Tyrell suffered blunt force trauma to his abdomen and died in hospital after he was found unconscious in Strbak's Biggera Waters home.

Court documents showed the injuries could have been caused by a blow from a fist, foot or blunt object.

Tyrell had also suffered 70 bruises and abrasions including a cigarette lighter burn on his ankle.

"You made a terrible error of judgement for not getting treatment for this sick boy," Justice Peter Applegarth said.

Strbak cried and shook in the dock when the sentence hearing began on Monday morning.

Just before the sentence was handed down, Strbak addressed the court.

"I loved him more than I could possibly describe," she said. "When he was taken away from me, I lost my life as well.

"I have not caused the injuries that I have been blamed for. I believe it's a mistake."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12...jail-sentence-mother-heidi-strbak-qld/9265142
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A Gold Coast mother who fought to have her sentence reduced for killing her four-year-old son is set to be released from custody.

Heidi Strbak, 37, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Tyrell Cobb.

In 2017, she received a nine-year jail term for the crime, but that sentence was set aside in March after a High Court appeal.

Strbak sobbed as Brisbane Supreme Court Justice David Boddice re-sentenced her after a four-day contested sentence hearing in October.

Justice Boddice immediately suspended the five-year sentence, taking into account the 1148 days Strbak has already spent in custody.
 
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