Hazel Waters jailed for 5 years for stabbing son to death; personality disorder taken into account

A mum who suffered from a personality disorder and stabbed her toddler son to death was sentenced to five years in prison at the Central Criminal Court this morning.

Hazel Waters (aged 47) of Ridge Hall, Ballybrack admitted killing two-year-old Muhammad Hassan Khan between 15-16 October, 2014. Her plea of guilty to manslaughter was accepted and Justice Patrick McCarthy, passing sentence, said her disorder meant that her responsibility for the killing was diminished.