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Daughter murder trial is halted Disability 'behind girl's death'
(about 4 hours later)
The trial of a woman accused of murdering her disabled four-year-old daughter has been halted and the jury discharged. A mother drowned her four-year-old daughter in the bath because she could not cope with the girl's mild cerebral palsy, Chester Crown Court has heard.
The case had begun on Monday, but the jury of seven men and five women was then dismissed on Tuesday for legal reasons. Joanne Hill, 32, who denies murder, wanted to put Naomi up for adoption but hatched the plan when her husband refused, jurors heard.
Joanne Hill, from Connah's Quay, Flintshire, has denied murdering Naomi Hill on 26 November last year. She killed Naomi at her Connah's Quay, Flintshire, home, it is claimed.
A new jury is expected to be sworn in at Chester Crown Court later. The trial began on Monday but had to be stopped on Tuesday for legal reasons before a new jury was sworn in.
A new jury was sworn in and the case was opened again by Michael Chambers QC on Tuesday afternoon.
He described to the jury of eight men and four women how after drowning Naomi, Hill dressed the little girl and drove around for eight hours before carrying her body into the casualty department of a local hospital.
He told the court how witnesses will describe how Hill, an advertising saleswoman, was "embarrassed" by her daughter, who wore callipers and had hearing difficulties, and was irritated by some of the effects of her medication.
Mr Chambers said: "The prosecution say the defendant could not come to terms with the fact that Naomi was disabled, suffering from a mild form of cerebral palsy affecting her ability to walk.
"She left a lot of the everyday care of Naomi to her husband Simon, she even suggested to him that Naomi should be adopted.
"But he would not agree to that because he doted on her."
The trial continues.