Diane Ward pleads guilty to manslaughter

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Diane Ward was due to stand trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin before pleading guilty to manslaughter. The proceedings were reported on 18 March 2014.

Ward pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, and the Director of Public Prosecutions accepted the manslaughter plea. The case was adjourned for psychiatric reports, and Ward was remanded in custody for sentence the following Monday.

The report said the manslaughter concerned the killing of her eight-year-old son Anthony at their home on 3 September 2012.