'It's a bittersweet day': Body of Clarissa separated from the father who killed her in West Cork

Rebecca Saunders was in shock and traumatised after her daughter's death in 2013 and always regretted allowing her daughter to be buried with her killer

Rebecca Saunders, whose husband Martin drowned their little girl Clarissa and then himself.

After years of waiting, Rebecca Saunders has finally been able to separate the body of her beloved three-year-old daughter from the child's father — the man who killed her.

Ms Saunders was at the West Cork graveyard at dawn on Friday as the fragile coffin containing the remains of Clarissa McCarthy and her father was taken from their grave.