A mother who left her two daughters inside a hot car for nine hours often left them unattended, a coronial inquest has heard.
Darcey-Helen Conley, two, and her sister Chloe-Ann, 18 months, died after their mother Kerri-Ann left them in soaring temperatures in the direct sunlight.
Conley had arrived back at her home in the southern Brisbane suburb of Waterford West after 4am on November 23, 2019.
She left her children in their carseats in the back of the car before going inside her home and falling asleep.
When she woke, she went outside to the car about 1pm and found both daughters unresponsive.
Ambulance officers arrived a short time later but both girls were declared dead at the scene.
They had each died of hyperthermia, after being left in the car, which had reached more than 50C at the height of the day.
Conley was sentenced to nine years in jail in February this year after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
Coroner Terry Ryan will now examine whether there were any failings or missteps ta...
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