Judge gives woman suspended sentence for son's manslaughter

A Cork woman has received a seven-year suspended sentence for smothering her eight-year-old son to death with a pillow.

Judge gives woman suspended sentence for son's manslaughter

A Cork woman has received a seven-year suspended sentence for smothering her eight-year-old son to death with a pillow.

Mr Justice Barry White said the case was "particularly tragic" as Diane Ward was "clearly very troubled" at the time of the killing at her home in Harrison's Place, Charleville in September 2012

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