Tag: Hampshire
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Hampshire mother jailed after drowning daughter during psychosis
Overview of the case A 42-year-old teaching assistant from Hampshire was jailed after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility following the drowning of her two-year-old daughter, Annabel, on a common in Kingsley. The court heard that the mother, Alice Mackey, suffered postpartum psychosis and believed she was “a bad mother.” In…
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Hampshire mother jailed after drowning two-year-old during period of psychosis
Summary of the case A 42-year-old teaching assistant, Alice Mackey, has been jailed for four years after admitting to the manslaughter of her two-year-old daughter, Annabel, during a period of postpartum psychosis. The court heard that Mackey believed she was a bad mother and that protecting Annabel required her death. The incident occurred on a…
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Hampshire mother jailed for drowning daughter amid postpartum psychosis
Overview of the case A teaching assistant from Hampshire has been sentenced after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of her two-year-old daughter in a case that highlighted the impact of postpartum psychosis on mental health and judgment. The tragedy unfolded in the village of Kingsley, where the mother drowned Annabel in a pond on a…