Mother remanded again in murder case

A Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son has been further remanded in custody.

Hazel Waters, aged 46, of Ridge Hall, Ballybrack, Co Dublin, had been charged after toddler Muhammad Hassan Khan was found dead with stab wounds in the bedroom at their apartment at about 2pm on October 16.

She is accused of murdering her son at a time between October 15 and 16.

The DPP directions are required and a book of evidence has to be prepared. At Dublin District Court yesterday, Judge Michael Walsh further remanded her in custody until February 25.

Last month, Garda Sergeant Thomas Doran had told Judge Walsh that, “the file is at an advanced stage”.

Hassan’s acupuncturist father Mohammed Saleem Khan, 61, laid their son to rest following a burial ceremony on October 20.

At an earlier stage in the proceedings, the court had heard Ms Waters made no reply when she was charged with murdering her son.

Due to the nature of the charge, a bail application can only be made in the High Court and Ms Waters was remanded to the Dochas Centre, the women’s unit in Mountjoy Prison.

At her first hearing on October 18, the court had heard her only income was a lone-parent allowance. She was granted free legal aid.