{"id":532271,"date":"2026-01-21T13:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/532271\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:47:14","slug":"father-of-adelaide-girl-who-died-due-to-mothers-alleged-neglect-tells-court-of-coffin-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/532271\/","title":{"rendered":"Father of Adelaide girl who died due to mother&#8217;s alleged neglect tells court of coffin threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A mother accused of the manslaughter of her 15-year-old daughter allegedly showed her pictures of coffins and told her she would &#8220;end up dead&#8221; if she kept stealing food, a court has heard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><strong>Warning: This story includes references to child abuse and self-harm, which may be distressing to readers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Jenni Gaye Wilmott, 56, is standing trial in South Australia&#8217;s Supreme Court after pleading not guilty to the manslaughter and criminal neglect of 15-year-old Jasmine, who took her own life in October 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jenni Wilmott is wearing dark clothing and is looking down with her lips pursed\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/d66f068e193f5abc2538b49102aa6197.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Jasmine&#8217;s father gave evidence in Jenni Wilmott&#8217;s trial on Wednesday. (ABC News: Dean Faulkner)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Earlier on Wednesday, Jasmine&#8217;s father told the court that on one occasion, he witnessed Ms Wilmott showing Jasmine photos of coffins.<\/p>\n<p>If you or anyone you know needs help:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suicide Call Back Service<\/a> on 1300 659 467<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lifeline<\/a> on 13 11 14<\/li>\n<li>Aboriginal &amp; Torres Strait Islander crisis support line <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.13yarn.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">13YARN<\/a>\u00a0on 13 92 76<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kidshelp.com.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kids Helpline<\/a> on 1800 551 800<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondblue.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond Blue<\/a> on 1300 224 636<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/headspace.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Headspace<\/a> on 1800 650 890<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/au.reachout.com\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReachOut<\/a> at <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/au.reachout.com\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">au.reachout.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mensline.org.au\/Home.html\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MensLine Australia<\/a> on 1300 789 978<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sane.org\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SANE<\/a>\u00a0on 1800 187 263<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Jenni was saying that, &#8216;If you steal food \u2026 you&#8217;re going to end up dead, and you&#8217;re going to end up in a coffin. Pick a coffin,'&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Jasmine&#8217;s father also told the court that Ms Wilmott would allegedly tell Jasmine to excessively exercise if she misbehaved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;She would be told to do running on the spot, star jumps. Especially if she&#8217;d done something that was naughty,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;She would be told to keep doing it \u2026 until she couldn&#8217;t do it anymore, fall down. Then get told to get back up again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is not accused of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He left the family home in 2013, which predates the time frame of Ms Wilmott&#8217;s charges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young girl at school.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/24156db811fc22db162992986a4aa088.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A neighbour previously gave evidence about what she heard across the fence. (Supplied: SA Supreme Court)<\/p>\n<p>Neighbour heard yelling<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The court <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-12-02\/jenni-wilmott-neglect-trial-former-neighbour-called-abuse-line\/106092028\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106092028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously heard evidence from a neighbour<\/a> who allegedly heard yelling from one of the houses Ms Wilmott lived in with Jasmine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The woman told the court that on one occasion she heard a &#8220;child screaming, crying&#8221; and &#8220;a woman&#8217;s voice yelling at the child to hang [the washing] faster&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The neighbour said the child had a &#8220;small, thin build&#8221;, &#8220;dark hair&#8221; and appeared to be of Asian descent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;She was saying, &#8216;I&#8217;m trying, I&#8217;m trying,'&#8221; the neighbour told the court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;It got louder and louder, and the child became more and more distressed, which made me ring [a] helpline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman and a man walk through glass doors, leaving a building\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ad4cc42e5cf61320ac2345add4ad1e06.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Jenni Wilmott, pictured with her lawyer, is facing a trial by judge alone. (ABC News: Eva Blandis)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The woman said her call went unanswered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She did not specify which helpline she had called.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The trial before Justice Sandi McDonald continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mother accused of the manslaughter of her 15-year-old daughter allegedly showed her pictures of coffins and told&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":532272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,235931,191814,3603,235932,8761,990,20027,235928,8638,17241,50,17267,235930,1197,278,9226,12433,235929],"class_list":{"0":"post-532271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-clumsy","10":"tag-criminal-neglect","11":"tag-daughter","12":"tag-ex","13":"tag-father","14":"tag-food","15":"tag-jasmine","16":"tag-jenni","17":"tag-manslaughter","18":"tag-mother","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-partner","21":"tag-starve","22":"tag-suicide","23":"tag-supreme-court","24":"tag-treatment","25":"tag-trial","26":"tag-wilmott"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115933403565474929","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}