Photo: Esther Adongo Timberlake, also known as Esther Arunga, leaves court after being released on bail on Friday.
Quincy Timberlake was trying to rid his dead son of aliens and demons before paramedics arrived declared the boy dead, an Australian court was told on Friday.
The allegations were made by police during a bail hearing for Esther Arunga, aged 34, in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday after she was charged with being an accessory to murder.
Her husband Quincy Timberlake, also 34, has been arrested and charged with murder following the son's death at his family's Kallangur town house on June 18.
However, police allege Esther changed her version of the events multiple times, and even privately told them that she believed her husband was mentally unwell.
Court documents revealed that Mr Timberlake admitted himself to Brisbane's Prince Charles Mental Health hospital on July 3. A week later he was made an involuntary patient.
Esther reportedly told the police that four days later, her husband was pushing on the boy's stomach repeatedly because he believed he had been possessed by aliens and demons.
She said her husband was speaking as if he was attempting to save (Sinclair) from alien embryos implanted in his stomach, according to police documents produced in court.
"She then observed the father of the deceased punch the deceased in the stomach with his fist," the documents said.
The boy was then allegedly thrown against a wall, before he was showered, dressed and left on his bed.
Police said Sinclair's initial post mortem results were not consistent with injuries sustained from a fall down the stairs. He had suffered internal injuries, bruising to his arms and torso. He also had a number of other injuries, which Esther said were caused by traditional Kenyan healing techniques prior to June 18.
Esther was granted bail and will return to court on October 20. Her bail conditions include that she surrender her passport, report to police twice a week, not be closer than 500 metres to an airport and have no contact with her husband.
Ms Arunga declined to comment on the matter when she was released from the Brisbane watch house.
Police only laid charges against Mr Timberlake last week, before Esther was arrested on Thursday. They both intend to fight their respective charges. Outside the courtroom, the couple's lawyer, Chris Ford said his clients were struggling with the stress of losing a child.
"Clearly we are pleased that the court saw fit to give bail today," he said. "Mrs Timberlake is understandably upset about being arrested. She's got a lot to deal with at this present time, particularly with two children to look after. She's not coping very well ... It's a difficult situation for any mother, to have lost a child. It's a very unusual case but it's a tragic case."
Last week, Mr Timberlake's lawyers called him a loving father and said that the boy's death was tragic.
"There is of course more to this tragedy than can presently be disclosed and we would caution against any prejudgment of this case," the lawyers said in a statement.
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