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15/05/2012
Mother Accused Of Killing Her Babies 'Too Ill' To Appear Before Court
34-year-old Felicia Boots, accused of killing her two babies, is too ill to appear in court.
Boots is accused of murdering 10-week-old Mason and his 14-month-old sister Lily at their family home and was due to appear by videolink from Holloway prison on Tuesday morning to be formally remanded after first appearing before magistrates. However she is believed to be suffering from post-natal depression and was deemed too ill to take part.
Speaking in her absence Judge Moss said: "I confirm that this defendant be remanded in custody with the intention that she be transferred to hospital under the Mental Health Act.
"That is a matter for the secretary of state and not for this court."
The children were found unconscious by their father, Jeff Boots, when he returned home from work last Wednesday. Emergency services were unable to revive the children.
A formal cause of death has not been confirmed but the children are thought to have been suffocated.
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Boots is accused of murdering 10-week-old Mason and his 14-month-old sister Lily at their family home and was due to appear by videolink from Holloway prison on Tuesday morning to be formally remanded after first appearing before magistrates. However she is believed to be suffering from post-natal depression and was deemed too ill to take part.
Speaking in her absence Judge Moss said: "I confirm that this defendant be remanded in custody with the intention that she be transferred to hospital under the Mental Health Act.
"That is a matter for the secretary of state and not for this court."
The children were found unconscious by their father, Jeff Boots, when he returned home from work last Wednesday. Emergency services were unable to revive the children.
A formal cause of death has not been confirmed but the children are thought to have been suffocated.
(H)
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