GUILTY Australia, QLD - Connor Horan, 2, killed by babysitter, Warwick, 19 Aug 2018

[iamshadow21]

Babysitter jailed over 'cruel and brutal' death of two-year-old Connor Horan

Lisa Rose Halcrow, 42, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of toddler Connor Horan.

The Supreme Court in Toowoomba heard Halcrow had been babysitting Connor in Warwick during August 2018 when she grabbed him by the jaw and hit him in the back of the head with such force that he fell down the stairs.

The court heard Halcrow had been suffering from the after-effects of alcohol, methylamphetamine and cannabis when she became annoyed with Connor's behaviour.

She has to serve at least eight years before she's eligible for parole.

It doesn't bring this baby back, but it's something. Hopefully, since she pled guilty, it means Connor's family will be spared being dragged through the courts for years upon years like the next of kin of many murdered children. And yes, he was murdered. Manslaughter sticks in my craw, but it's keeping her behind bars, so it'll do.

 

[nao]

Moo. Alcohol and meth do not make a good babysitter. Did the parents not know her at all?

 

[iamshadow21]

Moo. Alcohol and meth do not make a good babysitter. Did the parents not know her at all?

The court heard Halcrow had become friends with Ms Ballard after working with her at an aged care facility and had started to babysit Connor after offering to help Ms Horan.

and

"She was a trusted friend. She caused us heartache and took away our grandson's life."

Sounds like they knew her exactly as she wanted them to know her, and was adept at hiding what she was really like. Sounds like she lied to their faces for years about the circumstances of his death, and they wanted to believe her, because she was trusted by them. Heartbreaking.