A mum who pleaded guilty to killing her two-year-old daughter who died after being found in a pond, has been jailed for four years.

Little Annabel Mackey went missing from her home in Bordon, Hampshire, on September 10 2023, and was found a short time later at Kingsley Pond and was taken to hospital in a serious condition, but died the following afternoon.

Her mum Alice Mackey, 42, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter. She also entered a not guilty plea to a charge of murder which the court heard was acceptable to the prosecution as reports by two psychiatrists showed that she was in a state of “diminished responsibility” at the time of the incident.

In a statement released through police after Annabel’s death, her father said: “Annabel was a beautiful, positive and very happy little girl

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