2014-07-07
Cork woman who smothered her son gets suspended sentence
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Mr Justice Barry White today imposed a seven-year suspended sentence on Miss Ward. "It is clear Miss was very troubled mentally at the time she took her sons life. I propose a sentence of seven years suspended for their entirety with certain conditions attached.|" Mr Justice White asked that Miss Ward attend Carrigmore as a voluntary patient and that she accept such regime as is determined by Dr Martin Lawlor until such time as it is considered appropriate that she be returned to the community."