Cancer patient âfully infestedâ with lice before death, court told
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by Lane Sainty
25th May 2021 7:45 PM
| Updated:
26th May 2021
5:22 AM
A man who was allegedly neglected by his ex-partner as he suffered from cancer was "fully infested" with lice when he entered hospital, a court has been told.
Johnathan Young died on October 16 2012, 11 days after he was admitted to Hawkesbury Hospital weighing just 35.8kg.
His primary carer and former partner Libby Jade Baker is on trial in the NSW District Court, charged with his manslaughter.
She has pleaded not guilty to causing Mr Young's death through gross negligence, and not guilty to an alternative charge of refusing to provide him with the necessities of life.