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What is idiopathic transverse myelitis, the neurological condition Helen Haines’ alleged attacker has?

Brendan Nugent appeared in court charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury, and causing harm to a Commonwealth public official, as well as cultivating and processing cannabis. Independent MP Helen Haines has lost both legs, her husband Phil Haines said, and is in stable condition in hospital. Nugent's lawyer, Chirag Patel, said his client had a concussion and idiopathic transverse myelitis. Transverse myelitis is a rare neurological condition caused by inflammation of the spinal cord. It can cause weakness, numbness, paralysis and pain, and there is no cure, though treatments can help.

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Lawyer tells court Brendan Nugent has rare neurological condition

Brendan Nugent, 43, has faced court in Wangaratta, where his lawyer said he suffers from a rare neurological condition and is not currently medicated. Nugent is charged over an alleged attack on federal MP Helen Haines, in which witnesses allege his vehicle repeatedly struck her. He faces dangerous driving and serious injury charges, and police have added cannabis offences. No bail application was made, and the case returns to court on February 4.

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Helen Haines’s second leg amputated but she is stable and ‘a fighter’, husband says – as it happened

Independent MP Helen Haines has had a second leg amputated and is alive and stable, her husband Phil Haines says. He described her road to recovery as long and difficult, but said she is a fighter. Hospital staff say she remains in critical condition. A man has been charged over an alleged attack on her. Police say the motive is still not known. The Wangaratta mayor said the community is in collective shock and sadness.

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What is idiopathic transverse myelitis, the neurological condition Helen Haines’ alleged attacker has?

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What is idiopathic transverse myelitis, the neurological condition Helen Haines’ alleged attacker has?

Lawyer tells court Brendan Nugent has rare neurological condition

Helen Haines’s second leg amputated but she is stable and ‘a fighter’, husband says – as it happened