Judge to exonerate parents over drowned toddler

A JUDGE investigating the tragic death of Irish toddler Lucy Bennett is set to exonerate her parents of any blame.

Judge to exonerate parents over drowned toddler

Manrique Tejada was expected to shelve his investigation after concluding that grieving father Darren, 29, and mother Lynn, 30, should not face neglect charges.

Coroners sent him a postmortem report showing the 22-month-old drowned in the family swimming pool and there is no forensic evidence to indicate it was anything other than an accident.

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