Mother of toddler who died after ingesting methadone was grieving death of other daughter

Couple had stayed up looking at photos of their late daughter and accused said she didn’t sleep that night and when the alarm went for school the next morning, she turned it off, court heard

Sadie Douglas, 39, of Rathsallagh Drive, Shankill, Co Dublin, has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to child neglect leading to Heidi’s death. File picture: Collins Courts

A woman whose daughter died days after ingesting methadone was at the time in her “own little world” and grieving her other young daughter who had died tragically months earlier, a court has heard.

Two-year-old Heidi Douglas died on April 19, 2016, three days after she had been admitted to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin.