Australian Story This Boy's Life (2003) (1996– ) Online

Australian Story This Boy's Life (2003) (1996– ) Online

Two years ago a child abuse case in Queensland captured attention around the country. A young mother and her defacto were jailed for killing eighteen months old Beanca Newman. Beanca suffocated after her mother left her tied and bound "like a pig" in her bed. The court heard it was an act of "unimaginable cruelty" - the culmination of months of neglect and ill treatment of both Beanca and her older brother, Chris, then two and a half. Australian Story goes behind the distressing headlines and reveals an unexpected sequel, still unfolding in Melbourne. In the aftermath of Beanca's death Chris faced a bleak future. On top of the trauma of his early life, the little boy has been diagnosed as autistic. But his paternal grandmother, Jenny Newman, jumped on a plane from her home in Melbourne and flew to the rescue. Despite daunting difficulties, she is now raising him. Jenny is a single mum in full time work with four other children of her own, including Chris's father, still dependent upon...