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During that visit, doctors began to question the two-year-old’s diagnoses.
Sarah Jayne Kelly and her husband Jacob with two of their four children.
Kelly was unable to supply videos of his seizures, and none of the medical staff witnessed an epileptic seizure themselves.
Levy also told the court that, during that stay in early 2023, staff attempted to feed the child normally after they “formed the view he did not need the nasogastric tube”, but Kelly obstructed them, withheld food from him and insisted he be fed through the tube.
“You threatened to take him from the hospital against medical advice,” Levy said.
The matter was raised with WA Police, who charged Kelly with “having care or control of a child engaged in conduct that was reckless and may have resulted in that child suffering”.
On Wednesday, the court heard Kelly told police she had anxiety about her children suffering illnesses and may have “over presented” to hospitals, believing they were ill.
Levy also said there was a likelihood Kelly had “similarly abused” another of her children after a fundraising page saw her receive $2000 in donations for falsely claiming one child had leukemia and a brain tumour.
By November 2023, Kelly had pleaded guilty to the charge but then fled WA with her husband and children, leading to charges of breaching bail.
She then provided a fake doctor’s letter to the court falsely claiming she was suffering from breast cancer and undergoing treatment.
Kelly was charged again with attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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During sentencing on Wednesday, Levy said that “to say that this has been a difficult and complicated matter is an understatement”.
The judge detailed the complexity of deciphering what the 30-year-old was being truthful about and what was a lie.
Kelly’s husband has also since been charged after he threatened to kill Levy during a prison call.
Multiple psychologists and psychiatrists assessed Kelly ahead of her sentencing, which at times saw her taken from prison to hospital after she claimed to have lost mobility in one half of her body, and that she was suffering from amnesia.
On Wednesday, Levy said the woman was suffering from factitious disorder imposed on another – formerly known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy – during the period of offending against her son.
However, he said Kelly then turned the medical issues on to herself in a form of “malingering” to garner sympathy from the court as she faced sentencing.
“Ms Kelly has consistently lied for a very long time,” Levy said.
“The consequences are that it becomes more and more difficult to accept anything that she says unless it can be verified.
“That poses a real risk for the upbringing of her children in the future.”
The court was previously told there was a warrant out for the mother-of-four’s arrest in Queensland after she was hit with fraud charges and Levy told the court on Wednesday she was also now facing fraud and forgery charges in WA.
Levy sentenced Kelly to three years and nine months in prison, with eligibility for parole after serving half of her sentence, which was backdated to April this year.
She will be back in Perth Magistrates Court on Friday to face the fraud and forgery charges.
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