A West Australian GP and a woman are charged with attempting to kill a six-year-old girl with an overdose of prescription drugs.
According to a police statement, Child Abuse Squad detectives charged Dr Pieter Theunis Austin, 47 and a woman aged 40, who is a relative of the child, with "attempted unlawfully to kill".
Police will allege the woman attended a medical appointment in Albany on Monday, January 17.
"It will be further alleged that person left the appointment with a prescription from the GP in order to be able to access a drug to be used to end the child's life, and that the GP was aware of the intended use of the drug," a WA police spokesperson said.
Concerned relative took girl to hospital
Police said another family member took the child to a medical centre after the girl became unwell.
She was taken to Albany Hospital where she was stabilised before being flown to Perth's Children's Hospital.
"It will be alleged the child's health had deteriorated as the result of being administered the drug that had been sought," police said in a statement.
Detectives arrested and charged the 40-year-old woman with attempting to unlawfully kill the girl on Friday, January 28.
Police then arrested the doctor and he was charged with the same offence on Wednesday, February 2.
He was refused bail and appeared briefly in Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday, where he was remanded in custody.
Both are due to appear in Stirling Gardens Magistrate Court on February 16 and are yet to enter a plea.
