Mother tells Nadine Lott murder trial of trying to save her daughter's life

When she found Nadine on the floor Claire Lott told the court: "I couldn't recognise her face, I couldn't recognise it was Nadine."

Claire Lott: "When I was blowing into her mouth I couldn't feel her chest inflate. I don't think anything I was doing helped really." Photo: Collins Courts

A mother has told the trial of a man accused of murdering her daughter of the moment she found her lying on her back in the kitchen, gurgling and gasping for air. "I couldn't recognise her face, I couldn't recognise it was Nadine," she said.

"I got down on the floor and said 'you're ok, we can do this'. I was doing mouth-to-mouth. It was absolutely excruciating but I was doing what I could to try and save my daughter's life," Claire Lott told the murder trial at the Central Criminal Court this afternoon.