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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd North of England editor

Woman goes on trial for murder of toddler she was trying to adopt

Preston combined court centre
The trial at Preston crown court, above, was read texts between the couple a month after the baby arrived, apparently regretting the proposed adoption. Photograph: Russell Hart/Alamy

A woman has gone on trial accused of murdering the baby boy she and her husband were planning to adopt.

Leiland-James Corkill was 13 months old and in the care of Laura Castle and her husband, Scott, when he died at their home in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

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