Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Rawlinson:

Two women are due to appear in Tauranga District Court later today in
relation to the homicide of five-year-old Malachi Subecz.

Michaela Barriball, 27, has been charged with murder, disfiguring with intent
to cause grievous bodily harm, and injuring with intent to injure. She has
previously been charged with ill-treating Malachi prior to his death.
Her sister, Sharron Barriball, 37, is also due to appear on a charge of
attempting to pervert the course of justice relating to the investigation of
Malachi’s death.

Malachi was found with injuries at a Te Puna property on 1 November and
treated in Tauranga Hospital. He was subsequently airlifted to Starship
Hospital in Auckland, where he died on 12 November.

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