Clarissa’s Cause: Mother gets permission to exhume remains of her daughter drowned by father

Rebecca Saunders said: 'Today I was granted the licence to exhume Clarissa. After nine years I will be able to take her home'

Rebecca Saunders with a picture of her daughter, Clarissa McCarthy 

An American woman whose Irish husband ended his and their three-year-old daughter's life by walking into the sea has spoken of her relief at being granted permission to exhume the remains of her child for burial in her native country.

Rebecca Saunders posted on her Twitter account Clarissa’s Cause about the development.