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Central Criminal Court
A WOMAN, who has pleaded guilty to killing a four-year-old boy but denies the child's murder, is to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court.
This Tuesday, Mr Justice Paul McDermott swore in a jury of eight men and four women to hear the woman's trial, which is expected to last up to five weeks.
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The judge told the jury that the allegation is one of murder and that the deceased was aged four-and-a-half at the time of his death on March 16, 2021.
The accused, aged 32 and from the south west of the country, cannot be identified due to an order made by the court.
When arraigned on the murder charge, she replied: "Not guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter."
The trial is expected to begin on Wednesday.
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