Mother drowned daughter before taking overdose, court hears

A psychiatrist drowned her teenage daughter in a bath before taking an overdose of sleeping tablets and anti-depressants, a court heard today.

A psychiatrist drowned her teenage daughter in a bath before taking an overdose of sleeping tablets and anti-depressants, a court heard today.

Lynn Gibbs told investigators she believed there was no hope for herself or her daughter Ciara, who she feared was anorexic, and had planned they would both die.

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