GP tells of lead up to death of her child

A mother on trial, charged with unlawfully killing her daughter by giving her too much sedative, yesterday spoke of the moments leading up to her child’s death.

“Everything went quiet and her little lips went blue on her little face,” she said. “I just took her up in my arms and I just held her and it was just so quiet. I knew she wasn’t breathing. I said: ‘Em, please don’t go’.

“I fixed her hair and I put her Padre Pio medals beside her,” she said.