Woman discovered with her son ‘had been severely depressed’

An Irish mother believed to have killed her child before taking her own life had been struggling to cope with severe depression, it has emerged.

The bodies of Sinéad Higgins, 37, and her son, Oisín O’Driscoll, were found when police broke down the door of their London home.

An autopsy took place at Fulham Mortuary yesterday afternoon and a result is expected shortly.