Woman 'froze to death' in shipping container
A Queensland couple has pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death of an elderly relative they housed in a shipping container in freezing conditions in Tasmania.
Jassy Anglin, 53, and her 56-year-old husband Michael Anglin, were extradited from Cairns last year to face a charge of manslaughter over the death of Jassy Anglin's mother, 77-year-old Janet Mackozdi.
Ms Mackozdi died from hypothermia after spending one night in a shipping container on the Anglins' Mount Lloyd property in the middle of winter 2010.
Crown prosecutor Darryl Coates told the court the crown was not suggesting the pair had intended to harm Ms Mackozdi but placing her in a shipping container on such a freezing night was a grave departure from community standards.
The court today heard temperatures in the container on the night would have been between -1 and 2.9 degrees Celsius.
