Gardaí not ‘blinkered’ about girl’s cause of death

An inspector has told the trial of a doctor accused of the manslaughter of her daughter, by giving her too much sedative, that investigating gardaí had not been “blinkered” about that being the only possible cause of death.

Inspector Ger Glavin was being cross-examined by the defence yesterday in the trial of 58-year-old Bernadette Scully.

The Offaly GP is charged with unlawfully killing 11-year-old Emily Barut, who was profoundly disabled, at their home at Emvale, Bachelors Walk, Tullamore.