By Candace Sutton for news.com.au From The Sun UK

The 44-year-old was charged after doctors noticed yeast and fungus growing in the nine-year-old’s intravenous drip after she was admitted to hospital in 2015 with renal failure

A MUMMY blogger with a global internet following is due to stand trial accused of injecting URINE into her daughter’s jugular vein.

The former midwife, who blogged about her daughter’s ill health, was due to face the New South Wales District Court in Newcastle, Australia today.

The 44-year-old was charged after doctors noticed yeast and fungus growing in the nine-year-old’s intravenous drip after she was admitted to hospital in 2015 with renal failure.

Cops allegedly later found syringes, laxatives, and urine samples in the mother’s handbag, leading detectives to investigate back to 2008.

Police allege that as well as injecting her daughter with urine, the mother also regularly fed her laxatives which caused peeling skin and a severe rash.

Detectives charged the woman, who cannot be identified, with using poison to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The woman, who comes from the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, regularly wrote about her daughter’s ill health on a blog which has since been taken down.

She received sympathetic messages from other bloggers after posting messages about her child’s illness.

The little girl was a regular visitor to hospital for other complaints and had become involved via her mother in children’s health charities.

A court heard two years ago that the case was “very complex, involving very detailed and extensive medical evidence”.

The accused has remained on bail, but is due to appear in the District Court where she has been committed for trial.

A version of this story first appeared on news.com.au

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