Inside the squalid and faeces-strewn horror house where meth-addict mother-of-six lived before her children were taken away - as she claims she's turned her life around
A meth-abusing mum who lived in squalor with four of her six children claims she has turned her life around and overcome her addiction.
Photos taken by shocked police at Glenys Kupfer's filthy home in Blair Athol, Adelaide, in March 2019 show rubbish and furniture strewn throughout every room.
Faeces was found on the floors of the kitchen, lounge room and bathroom, there were not enough beds for the children, and the fridge was full of rotting food.
The kitchen was piled with dirty dishes, toys and bedding were scattered around the house, and unwashed clothes were heaped up in the laundry.
The dining room was in an appalling state with broken furniture and rubbish on the floor
When police knocked on the door to the house they found there were not enough beds for the number of children
Glenys Kupfer , 34, plead guilty in Adelaide Magistrates court to failing to provide proper food, clothing and housing to four of her six children
The fridge was barely stocked and the food that was there was left to spoil
Kupfer, 34, pleaded guilty in Adelaide Magistrates court this week to four counts of failing to provide adequate food, clothing and accommodation for her youngest children - then aged eight, three, two and 12 months, NCA Newswire reported.
Her lawyer Edward Stratton-Smith told the court Kupfer's 'very heavy' meth addiction was compounded by the stress of being a single parent and the 'violent' death of her brother which she witnessed.
But Mr Stratton-Smith said his client had since turned her life around and was off drugs.
'In the two years since, she's a very different person to then … her singular focus is her children,' he told the court.
The house in Adelaide's north had garbage and clothes covering the floors
The kitchen was piled with dirty dishes, a broken chair was knocked over on the floor and unwashed clothes were heaped up in the laundry
Faeces was found on the floors of the kitchen, lounge room and bathroom, and there were too few beds for the number of children
After her court appearance last week Kupfer, a New Zealand citizen, took to social media to in a lengthy post claiming she was no longer the same person.
'I am not proud of this woman, but this was me. I say was me because I am not the woman in this video and the children suffering through the horrors of addiction are also not the victims they once were,' Ms Kupfer wrote.
'When the police showed up and took my boys. I was faced with four choices. Go back to my motherland to the safety of my government, keep going in active terror where let's face it I felt safe, kill myself, or fight the inner demon inside me,' she said.
She claimed she had turned her life around 'for the children that I love with everything I am' in the August 18 post.
After her court appearance last week Kupfer, a New Zealand citizen, took to social media to in a lengthy post claiming she was no longer the same person
'That demon was the only thing keeping me from saving my children - the children that I love with everything I am,' she wrote.
'I'm not who I was … I crawled from the depths of hell to become me for my children.'
One of her brothers responded by sharing his support saying she had spiralled into addiction in the space of six months after meth 'locked onto her', but had since recovered.
'I love you and hope your story of determination to battle for your boys is an inspiration for others struggling with meth,' he wrote.
Prosecutor Scott Mesecke told the court her police interview showed she understood the home was 'unkept' and that she was struggling with four children.
He added the 'dishevelled' property was 'clean and tidy' when officers visited again three months later in June.
Kupfer will face court again in September.
One of Kupfer's brothers sharing his support saying she changed her life after spiralling into addiction in the space of six months