
A South Australian mother who neglected her baby to the point he was "on death's door" has been spared jail, while her "violent and controlling" husband will spend at least two years behind bars.
Ebanee Gayl Coad, 34, and Jeremy Neil Capper, 34, pleaded guilty to criminally neglecting their four-month-old boy in September 2018.
The baby was "very close to death" and suffering from significant physical injuries, clinical dehydration, kidney failure and severe nappy rash when he presented at the Port Pirie Hospital.
He also had untreated skull, rib and tibia fractures that District Court Judge Liesl Kudelka said were "inflicted" and "required involvement of another person".
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