Charges dropped against Irish nanny as baby’s death ‘not a homicide’

Charges have been dropped against Aisling Brady McCarthy, the Irish nanny accused of murdering an infant in her care in the US, after the medical examiner’s office reversed its position and concluded the death was not a homicide caused by shaken baby syndrome.

The Boston Globe reported last night that the state had dropped charges against the 37-year-old from Lavan, Co Cavan.

“Based on an assessment of the present state of the evidence, including the amended ruling from the medical examiner who performed the autopsy, the Commonwealth cannot meet its burden of proof,” said Middlesex district attorney Marian Ryan.