A jury of seven men and five women told Judge Kerida Naidoo they all agreed the mother was 'guilty' of the girl’s attempted murder. Photograph: Graham Hughes/Photocall IrelandA jury has found a woman guilty of the attempted murder of her eight-year-old daughter four years ago. “When she was dragging me to the bathroom, I looked back and the bed was covered in blood,” the girl told gardaí. These were, Dr Church said, “behaviours indicating that she knew that what she was about to do was wrong”. Following her arrest, the defendant told gardaí she stabbed her daughter multiple times with a kitchen knife and tried to strangle her.

Source: The Irish Times January 24, 2026 03:33 UTC