Britney Angelique Abbott

Garth Duwayne Abbott: A South African man who killed his deaf daughter when he drove off an Auckland quarry cliff is unlikely to be allowed to live with his family if paroled. Garth Abbott is serving a 4½ sentence for the manslaughter of his nine-year-old daughter Brittany, who died after hitting a tree branch when her father drove off the summit of Mt Wellington in August 2005. "There are issues about Mr Abbott's insight into this offending and risk factors which arise from that and detailed family contact." Abbott was charged with murder. The Crown alleged that he tried to kill himself, Brittany and her four-year-old sister Shirvaun in response to relationship problems with his wife, Mirese, immigration issues and his daughters' medical problems. However, a jury convicted him of manslaughter. Abbott and his wife moved to New Zealand from South Africa to provide a better life for their daughters, both profoundly deaf from a genetic disorder that ran in both sides of the family. They were in the middle of applying for permanent residency when they were told by the Immigration Service that their daughters' conditions would be a "burden". Not long after, Abbott was told by doctors that Britney, at 9, was too old to have a much-hoped-for cochlear implant. There were also tensions between him and his wife. He was arguing with her over the phone when the crash occurred. Police had been called out of concern for the children's safety. Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/555081/Parole-may-bar-father-from-... & https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/i-didnt-mean-to-kill-my-girl-says-fat....

Garth Duwayne Abbott is serving a 4½ sentence for the manslaughter of his nine-year-old daughter Brittany, who died after hitting a tree branch when her father drove off the summit of Mt Wellington in August 2005. His two daughters were not wearing seat belts and were flung from his 4WD. Britney was killed instantly while Shirvaun, then 4 years old, was seriously injured.

Sources

1. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/555081/Parole-may-bar-father-from-...
2. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/faces-of-innocents/80160234/faces-...
3. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/i-didnt-mean-to-kill-my-girl-says-fat...