Nanny team wins right on evidence

The defence team for Irish nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady has been granted the right to preserve evidence as she remains in custody over the death of one-year-old Rehma Sabir.

The Cavan-born 34-year-old is facing assault and battery charges which could be upgraded to murder pending the findings of an autopsy which have yet to be released.

Hidden from public view, Ms Brady stood in a concealed dock of Courtroom One at the Cambridge District Courthouse in the Boston suburb of Medford as her lawyer Melinda Thompson made the request to Judge Severlin Singleton III.