[(Title)] Mother gets four-year manslaughter sentence for baby son's accidental drowning.

A north Queensland single mother found guilty of manslaughter over the bathtub drowning of her nine-month-old son while she was socialising with a family member in another room will spend at least one year in prison.

In the Supreme Court in Townsville today, Kandita Kattenberg, 29, a mother of five, was sentenced to four years for the manslaughter of her youngest son, Carlyle, in Charters Towers on November 9, 2016.

29岁的卡迪娜是五个孩子的妈妈。2016年11月9日，她最小的儿子卡莱尔在浴缸里被淹死。

In handing down the sentence, Justice David North said Kattenberg's "criminal neglect was patent and obvious".

北大法官在宣判时表示，她属于“明显的刑事疏忽”。

The court heard Carlyle was not sitting in his bathing seat properly and he slipped out while the water was running.

卡莱尔说，孩子当时并不在浴缸里，他在浴缸注水的时候奔跑时滑倒了。

Police prosecutor Nathan Crane said Kattenberg left her eldest son, then 10, to supervise Carlyle in the tub that night, but then called him away.

警察检察官内森·克兰说，卡迪娜当时留她十岁的长子看管卡莱尔，但后来又叫他离开。

He said the boy started playing with other children, but when Kattenberg thought the water was running she sent him to check on Carlyle.

他说这孩子开始在和其他孩子玩耍，但她派长子去检查卡莱尔。长子过去的时候发现卡莱尔已经失去无意识，于是把他带到了客厅,试图使他苏醒。

The boy found Carlyle unconscious, took him into the lounge room and tried to revive him.

Mr Crane said Kattenberg often gave her eldest son the responsibility of watching Carlyle in the bath, which could take up to two hours.

克兰先生说，该母亲常常让她的长子负责照顾卡莱尔洗澡，通常需要两个小时。

"She continually placed her child in a vulnerable position," Mr Crane said.

“她总是把孩子置于弱势地位，”克兰先生说。

He said in another incident before Carlyle's death, Kattenberg left the baby in the bath, fell asleep and then woke hours later to find him wrinkly and still in the water.

他在卡莱尔死前的另一起事件中说，她曾把婴儿留在浴缸里，自己却睡着了，几小时后醒来，发现孩子皮肤起皱地坐在水中。

"It does reflect that there was a warning sign," Mr Crane said.

“这显示出，确实有事件警告过她。”克兰先生说。