Woman who killed daughter may face criminal charges

A MOTHER who stabbed her daughter to death may face criminal charges, an inquest was told yesterday.

Cork Coroner’s Court heard that charges are being considered against May Prendergast, who has been receiving specialist medical attention in a Cork psychiatric hospital since her daughter, Jessica Prendergast’s death last July.

Jessica Prendergast’s body was found in a pool of blood in the hall of the rented house on the Old Commons Road, in Blackpool, Cork, on July 27, 2006, after May Prendergast walked into a local taxi office carrying her one-year-old grandson Jamie Lee.