A Perth mother jailed for starving her only child until the point of severe malnutrition has been denied bail, after arguing she should be released because she had not been given a fair trial.

The woman, who can't be named to protect the identity of her daughter, was convicted earlier this year along with her husband, for failing to provide their then teenager with adequate nutrition, medical attention, and emotional, social and developmental support.

Both the parents, who are from Perth's wealthy western suburbs, are appealing their sentences, but only the mother sought to be released on bail.

Their daughter weighed just 28 kilograms when she was eventually and reluctantly taken to hospital by her parents in 2021 just before her seventeenth birthday, where doctors warned the disbelievi

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