29/05/2007

Psychiatrist remanded over daughter's murder

A woman charged with murdering her teenage daughter at their family home in Kilkenny on 26 November 2006 has appeared before Dun Laoghaire District Court.

Lynn Gibbs, 46, a psychiatrist from Killure, Gowran, County Kilkenny was charged last week with the murder of her 16-year-old daughter Ciara.

Her father, Gerry, and her brother, who had just returned from an overnight trip, discovered her in the bath, but attempts to resuscitate her failed.

Mrs Gibbs was also found collapsed near her daughter's body.

She was remanded in custody at Mountjoy Women's Prison and is due to appear before court on June 22.

(JM/KMcA)

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