Closing speech for Dawn's defence:
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Mr Kealey said the family developed care routines in the final months of the 18-year-old's life when he no longer moved, had lost weight and become incontinent.
They changed his adult nappy twice a day, cleaned his bed sores, washed his hair, changed his clothes and sheets and provided food and drink.
"This was not somebody simply doing nothing. What she did for Jordan was more than simply calling for assistance," he said.
The barrister told the jury Jordan's age was a "magic number" because, as an adult, he was entitled to say he did not "want medical treatment".
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Mr Kealey referenced evidence given by consultant psychiatrist Dr Cleo Van Velsen, who had told the court some of Ms Cranston's behaviour was consistent with the dissociative disorders of depersonalisation and derealisation.
He said this provided "a real explanation of why she tried to care for him on her own" rather than seeking help.
"She made genuine, significant but misguided attempts to care for Jordan," he said.
"While it was a fatal mistake, in the circumstances it need not be categorised as a crime."
Mother 'genuinely tried' to help son
