A mum has admitted to killing her five-year-old son but insists she didn’t murder him. Claire Button, 35, appeared at Basildon Crown Court this week, where she pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied the more serious charge of murder.
Her little boy, Lincoln, was found dead at their home on Windstar Drive in South Ockendon on 15 December last year. Emergency services rushed to the scene after receiving reports of serious concern for the welfare of both a child and a woman. Officers and paramedics desperately tried to save Lincoln, but tragically, it was too late, reported the Mirror.
