Sentenced: 8MO Died After Being Left In Hot Car While His Parents & Granny Were Getting High

[Sugar Cookie]

An eight-month-old baby died after being left inside a hot car for three hours while his parents and grandmother got high on synthetic cannabis, a court has heard.

Isaiah Neil was unresponsive when he was found by his father outside his grandmother's home in Ruatoki, New Zealand on November 2, 2015.

Donna Catherine Parangi, 54, has been charged with the manslaughter of her grandson but has pleaded not guilty.

Isaiah's parents, Shane Neil and Lacey Te Whetu, have both pleaded guilty to manslaughter and are now key witnesses in the case against Parangi, who is Te Whetu's mother.

The Crown's case alleges that Parangi is at least in part responsible for Isaiah's death.

However, the cause of death is in dispute as a post-mortem examination also discovered bruises and a bite-mark on the baby's body.

Mr Neil said that he woke up at around 3.30pm and went outside where he found his unresponsive baby son inside a 'very hot' car.

The panicked father said he rushed the baby inside to wake Te Whetu, but after she said she could still see the baby breathing they put him in his cot and went back to sleep.

At around 6pm the father said he woke up again and found the baby unresponsive and soaked in sweat.

The couple sprinkled him with cold water in a bid to revive him while they waited for paramedics to arrive.

Later, when speaking to Detective Sergeant Max Holder, Mr Neil allegedly said, 'we cooked the baby.'

An examination found that the baby had suffered bruises to his forehead, left side of his body and his abdomen.

He also had a bite mark on his right elbow.

Mr Neil said he had no idea how those injuries occurred and continues to claim the baby died of heatstroke.

Parangi's defence lawyer Susan Gray told the jury that the marks on the baby put considerable doubt surrounding heatstroke being the cause of death.

Baby died after being left in boiling car while his parents got high

Isaiah Neil was unresponsive when he was found by his father outside his grandmother's home in Ruatoki, New Zealand on November 2, 2015.

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[Prettypink513]

What a cute little fella

 

[LFODBiker]

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[Sugar Cookie]

The grandmother of a baby boy who died after being 'cooked' inside a hot car while she went and smoked synthetic cannabis with his parents has been found guilty of manslaughter.
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New Zealand woman Donna Catherine Parangi, 54, denied any role in her eight-month-old grandson Isaiah Neil's 2015 death but was found guilty on Monday.

The High Court in Hamilton was told that during a police interview Parangi had said it was her idea to leave the boy in the car so he could continue sleeping, the New Zealand Herald reported.

Isaiah was sick in the days leading up to his death suffering from flu-like symptoms.

Parangi left young Isaiah in the car while she went inside a home to smoke synthetic cannabis with the toddler's parents Lacey Te Whetu and Shane Neil.

Neil and Te Whetu have already pleaded guilty to their son's manslaughter.

As Parangi was lead from the court room after hearing the verdict she allegedly scowled at the jury, Stuff reported.
'Thank you. So much,' she said.

Grandmother of baby who died after being left inside car found guilty

The grandmother of a baby boy who died after being 'cooked' inside a hot car in New Zealand while she went and smoked synthetic cannabis with his parents has been found guilty of manslaughter.

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[Ripley]

None of them look grief stricken

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Jun 18 2019
The grandmother of a baby boy who died after being left in a hot car, while she smoked synthetic cannabis and passed out, has had her appeal against sentence dismissed.

Donna Catherine Parangi, 54, was sentenced to two years, six months jail, after she was unanimously found guilty by a jury of manslaughter following a 15-day High Court trial in Hamilton in March.

Parangi appealed the sentence on the grounds that "it was manifestly excessive".

Her grandson, eight-month-old Isaiah Neil, died from heatstroke - also known as hyperthermia - after being left in a dark blue station wagon for two to three hours outside her home on November 2, 2015.

Isaiah's parents Shane Neil and Lacey Te Whetu, who is Parangi's daughter, were also charged in connection with his death after all three had been smoking synthetic cannabis.

The pair, who were living with Parangi at the time, pleaded guilty to Isaiah's manslaughter. Te Whetu was sentenced to three years in jail, while Neil was sentenced to 10 months jail.

The Court of Appeal said in a written decision that the critical features of this case were that Parangi made a decision to leave Isaiah in a car, in the sun, and decided to smoke the synthetic cannabis without first making sure Isaiah was safe.

"At the time she made this latter decision, Ms Parangi knew that she would be incapacitated thereafter, and she had no reason to expect that anyone else would ensure Isaiah's safety."

The Court ruled that after taking everything into account the sentencing judge's starting point, and therefore the sentence, was not manifestly excessive and dismissed the appeal.

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[Keepalowprofile]

I hate these 3 loosers more because it was synthetic cannabis.

Chances are, the baby still would have died no matter what they were smoking.

But the weird part, i dont think i would hate them any less if it was real cannabis.

 

[Sejanus]

Triumvirate of scum

 

[McDanel]

I hate these 3 loosers more because it was synthetic cannabis.

Chances are, the baby still would have died no matter what they were smoking.

But the weird part, i dont think i would hate them any less if it was real cannabis.

I wouldn't touch that stuff. I think if it had been real pot, they wouldn't have passed out.

 

[Brillig]

She received a crazy short sentence and still appealed it as being "manifestly excessive"?!? Whinging trout.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Was she suppose to be the responsible one out of the trio.

The egg donor was pretty much given a pass.

The sperm donor received a little longer than the grand egg and it was still a shit sentence.