A teenage girl who died following years of alleged criminal neglect at the hands of her mother attended school with "bruises all over" her, a court has heard.

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Jenni Gaye Wilmott, 56, is standing trial in South Australia's Supreme Court after previously pleading not guilty to the manslaughter and criminal neglect of her dau

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