Claire Colebourn denies murdering her child at family home in Hampshire in 2017A woman who wrongly suspected her husband was having an affair with a colleague allegedly drowned their three-year-old daughter in the bath, a jury has been told. Colebourn, 36, allegedly murdered their daughter Bethan at their home in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, before trying to kill herself. Bethan’s body was found the next day in a downstairs bed, her hair still wet, Winchester crown court was told. After her arrest, Colebourn told police she had held Bethan under the water, the court heard. She said: ‘Michael Colebourn walked out on his family, his wife, his daughter, his dog and horse.’”Maylin told jurors Michael Colebourn last saw his daughter alive a few days before when they visited a park.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2019 16:44 UTC