Woman found guilty of attempting to murder toddler
Judge Michael O'Grady KC said it appeared from parts of the evidence that Docherty had "a troubled and unhappy life".He added: "No doubt at least some of that will not be of your making."But the judge said: "It is difficult to see that anything could adequately explain or justify what you have done to the child."Whatever your own trials and tribulations, whatever the turmoil in your own life, what you did to her was utterly wicked."It is impossible to forget the sight of a young child, who should have been in the flower of her childhood, prone in the back of an ambulance, desperately struggling to breathe, desperately struggling to hang on by a thread to life."The judge said he would seek a background report on Docherty.Defence counsel Simon Gilbride told the court that a report on Docherty was previously obtained from a psychiatrist, but that had been dealing with issues such as her fitness for trial.She was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing.
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