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KILLER MUM
Nurse, 44, ‘tried to drug and kill her three children one day before suffocating them at family home’
May 19 2021, 8:32 ET
A NURSE tried to drug and kill her three children one day before suffocating them at the family home, a court heard.
Deidre Morley allegedly used tape and plastic bags to kill Conor McGinley, nine, Darragh McGinley, seven and Carla McGinley, three.
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Deidre Morley is accused of murdering her three childrenCredit: PA
Two of the youngsters were killed in a play tent, with their bodies discovered by their dad Andrew McGinley after he returned from a business trip, Ireland s Central Criminal Court was told.
Jury deliberating in trial of mother accused of murdering her three children
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The jurors in the trial of a woman accused of the murder of her three children will continue their deliberations on Thursday.
Deirdre Morley of Parson s Court, Newcastle, Co Dublin, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of her sons Conor McGinley (9) and Darragh McGinley (7) and her daughter Carla McGinley (3). The children s bodies were discovered at the family home just before 8pm on January 24 last year.
Jurors had begun deliberations this afternoon (Wednesday), but did not reach a verdict.