A mother who drowned her two-year-old daughter in a pond at a beauty spot after she stopped taking her medication for postnatal depression has been jailed.
Alice Mackey, 42, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Annabel Mackey by way of diminished responsibility after the child was found in a pond in Kingsley, Hampshire.
The toddler was reported missing from the family's £600,000 home in the neighbouring village of Bordon on September 10, 2023.
The teaching assistant, who had never fully recovered from postpartum depression, called 999 and lied to officers, telling them she believed someone had 'entered' the house and taken her.
A search was launched and Annabel was found a short time later. She was rushed to hospital in a serious condition but died the following afternoon when the life support machine was switched off.
