Friday, 23 April 2010

Current Evens and Affairs.



Mother in court accused of murder of children in Sussex

Post-mortem tests showed Harry and Elise died from asphyxia
Lawyers for a mother accused of murdering her two young children are expected to enter a plea when she appears in crown court later.
Three-year-old Harry Donnison and his two-year-old sister Elise were found in in the boot of a car near the family's former East Sussex home in January.
Their mother, Fiona, 43, is charged with their murders and was previously remanded to a psychiatric unit.
She is due to appear for a plea hearing at Lewes Crown Court later.
Mrs Donnison, a former city worker, of Lightwater, Surrey, is accused of killing her son and daughter between 26 and 27 January.
Safety concern
They were found in separate holdall bags in the boot of a Nissan car near the former family home in Heathfield.
The results of post-mortem tests so far released show the children died from asphyxia and had been dead less than 24 hours when their bodies were found.
Sussex police have referred part of their inquiry into the deaths to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
This follows claims by the children's father, Paul Donnison, that he had expressed concern to police about their safety.
After their deaths Mr Donnison, who was estranged from his wife, issued a statement describing Harry and Elise as "the lights that shone the brightest in my life".

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