A mum has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her two-year-old daughter who died after she was found in a pond.
Alice Mackey, 42, admitted killing Annabel Mackey in Kingsley, Hampshire, in September 2023 at Winchester Crown Court.
The two-year-old went missing from her home in Hampshire on September 10 and was found unresponsive a short time later at Kingsley Pond.
She was taken to hospital in a serious condition but died the following afternoon.
Mackey entered a not guilty plea to a charge of murder, which the court heard was acceptable to the prosecution, as reports by two psychiatrists showed she was in a state of ‘diminished responsibility’ at the time of the incident.
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Judge Christopher Parker KC adjourned the case for sentencing on October 6.
Mackey has been remanded into custody until then.
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