A New South Wales woman accused of trying to drown her two sons in the Murray river has now been charged with murder as well as attempted murder. The 27-year-old was last week charged with attempted murder after she allegedly took her two sons, aged five and nine, to the river on Thursday evening and tried to hold both boys underwater. The woman’s matter was heard briefly in Deniliquin local court again on Monday morning and she was additionally charged with murder. A psychiatric report has been requested and the woman is due back in court in Deniliquin on 2 May. She said there would be a thorough investigation into what she called “a human tragedy of the highest proportion”.

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2017 01:30 UTC