Sunshine Coast mother, 34, appears in court charged with giving her one-year-old unauthorised prescription medications

A lawyer for a Queensland woman accused of poisoning her one-year-old girl with unnecessary medications to gain a social media profile is seeking protective custody for his client due to the publicity.

The 34-year-old from the Sunshine Coast, who cannot be identified, appeared in Brisbane magistrates court on Friday wearing a long green police watchhouse top and green pants.

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