GP pleads guilty to attempted murder of six-year-old with neurological disorder

WA Police alleged that Dr Pieter Theunis Austin knew the intended purpose of the script he wrote earlier this year
Dr Pieter Theunis Austin.
Dr Pieter Theunis Austin.

A GP accused of aiding a mother’s attempt to kill her six-year-old daughter with a prescription drug has pleaded guilty to attempted murder, according to media reports.

WA Police charged Dr Pieter Theunis Austin back in February, alleging he wrote a script for Michelle Yvonne Gough that he knew would be administered to Ms Gough’s daughter to make her “pass away peacefully”.