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Jamie Lopez & Dan Haygarth

Woman tells court she wants to 'give justice' to toddler she is accused of killing

A woman who admitted killing the baby boy she was planning to adopt told a court she wants to 'give my boy justice',

Laura Castle, 38, admitted the manslaughter of 13-month Leiland-James Corkill on the eve of her trial at Preston Crown Court. Leiland-James suffered injuries ‘consistent with an assault’ at the home of Laura Castle and Scott Castle, 35, in Barrow-in-Furness and died at Alder Hey Children 's Hospital on January 7, 2021.

She had admitted shaking Leiland-James and banging his head off the arm of a sofa, but on Wednesday (May 11), as her trial continued, she was accused of causing other injuries to the baby. She denies trying to kill him as she stands trial accused of murder, reports LancsLive.

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