A depressed mother wept as a court heard how she smothered her disabled sons with a nappy so they would not smell her, before killing their sister and trying to take her own life.

A woman sobbed quietly as a court heard that she allegedly murdered her three young disabled children by smothering them.

A woman wept yesterday as she appeared in court charged with the murder of her three young disabled children.

A woman wept today as she appeared in court charged with the murder of her three young disabled children – watched by her devastated husband.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three young children believed to be suffering from life-limiting genetic disorders were found dead in a house.