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Laine Clark

Mentally ill woman tried to drown daughter

A mentally woman who held her daughter's head under water has been sentenced for attempted murder. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Bystanders launched into action after seeing a woman holding an eight-year-old girl's head under water off Brisbane's bayside yelling: "We will be together forever".

They quickly alerted a nearby police officer who waded into Moreton Bay with a concerned local, finally convincing the distressed mother to return to shore with her scared daughter.

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