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For days, as the eight-year-old lay dying from diabetes, more than a dozen adults — her mother and father among them — prayed and sang songs instead of seeking life-saving medical treatment.

The 34-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where she made an application for bail.

Jeffrey James Godfrey pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Thursday to the domestic violence manslaughter of his wife.

The 34-year-old, who allegedly poisoned her daughter and recorded her physical and emotional suffering to elicit donations, appeared in court on Friday. 

Police have charged a second person over the alleged murder of a 52-year-old man in south-west Brisbane earlier this month.

Chloe Jade Mason was found unconscious, suffering a gunshot wound, on the footpath of a suburban street in Caboolture just over two weeks ago.

Scott Rush has faced court in Brisbane after pleading guilty to charges laid in 2005.

Police allege the man in his 40s threatened two officers with a knife on Brisbane's southside.

Larissa Sant is one of two people charged with the murder of Kiesha Thompson, 23, who was struck and killed while walking in Daisy Hill in July.