Mother who admitted suffocating daughter, 3, feared for child's future after online research

A murder trial jury has heard that a mother admits suffocating her daughter with a pillow in the family home after becoming “obsessed” and “devastated” that the toddler had a particular type of autism.

The woman, who cannot be named by order of the court, has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court today, having pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of the three-year-old infant nearly two years ago.