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SHE KILLED HER GIRL FOR CASH

With a sheet of lime green cardboard in front of her and a pen in her hand, Olivia Gant began to write.

Be a fireman, the six-year-old scribbled. Feed sharks...

Olivia, who used a wheelchair and a feeding tube, had been in and out of hospital most of her life.

Since 2011, her mum, Kelly Turner, had been documenting her daughter’s medical woes in a blog.

She explained that her daughter had a tumour, seizures, developmental delays, autism, sensory processing disorder, focal cortical dysplasia, digestive issues and hydrocephalus.

She said a

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