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Mum admits killing seven-year-old son at home | Mum admits killing seven-year-old son at home |
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Papaipit Linse is receiving psychiatric treatment while she awaits her sentencing | Papaipit Linse is receiving psychiatric treatment while she awaits her sentencing |
A woman has admitted killing her seven-year-old son at their home. | A woman has admitted killing her seven-year-old son at their home. |
Papaipit Linse pleaded not guilty to murder at Swansea Crown Court on Friday, but admitted the manslaughter of Louis Linse on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | Papaipit Linse pleaded not guilty to murder at Swansea Crown Court on Friday, but admitted the manslaughter of Louis Linse on the grounds of diminished responsibility. |
Louis died at Withybush General Hospital shortly after police were called to a property on Upper Market Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on the morning of 10 January. | |
Linse, 43, who spoke only to confirm her name and enter her pleas, will be sentenced on 13 December. | |
Prosecutor Caroline Rees KC told the judge a trial would not be sought on the murder charge as a result of the manslaughter plea. | Prosecutor Caroline Rees KC told the judge a trial would not be sought on the murder charge as a result of the manslaughter plea. |
She said the guilty plea "did not come as a surprise" to the prosecution. | She said the guilty plea "did not come as a surprise" to the prosecution. |
Judge Paul Thomas KC called it "clearly a very sensitive as well as a very tragic case". | |
Linse is receiving treatment at the Caswell Clinic, a mental health unit in Bridgend, and the court heard that psychiatric evidence would be heard during the sentencing hearing. |