A mother who killed her eight-year-old son by poisoning his blackcurrant juice because she ‘wanted to die together’ has been handed an indefinite hospital order.
Louise Cameron, 42, killed her son Rhys in their home in Billingham, Teesside, last September.
The pair were found in their bedroom by Cameron’s mother and sister – where it was clear Rhys had been dead for some time, Teesside Crown Court heard.
At the time of the death Cameron was in the middle of a mental health episode, convinced her three children were going to be snatched by a paedophile ring.
She was initially charged with murder but
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