Parents of malnourished girl were warned she could die, but father dismissed concerns as 'crazy', court told
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A 17-year-old girl was so severely malnourished doctors feared she was at risk of a heart attack, but her father claimed she was "the healthiest child he knew", the Perth District Court is told.

The parents of a 17-year-old who was so malnourished she weighed as low as 27.3 kilograms are on trial, accused of starving her.

The Perth District Court heard her father refused to take her to medical appointments and “found the whole situation ludicrous”.

She was eventually removed from her parents’ care after they refused to allow a hospital to insert a feeding tube.