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A woman is accused of putting a young boy s life in Aberdeen in danger by making him go through operations he did not need.
Tracy Anne Menhinick is charged with wilfully ill-treating the child between April 2014 and July 2017 including at the Royal Aberdeen Children s Hospital.
The boy cannot be identified.
At the High Court in in Glasgow lawyers for the 49-year-old pled not guilty to the charge under the Children and Young Person Act.
Ms Menhinick is said to have administered Lactulose, described on the indictment as a non-prescribed medication.
Prosecutors claim this caused the boy s development and mobility to be affected.
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