In Hapton, Lancashire, a mother has been accused of murder following the death of a baby.
On March 1 of last year, police were called to a residence in the village after hearing that a baby boy had experienced a medical emergency.
The infant, who was nine months old, was rushed to the hospital for treatment, where he passed away on March 5.
A 60-year-old Haslingden woman and a 78-year-old Burnley man were detained in March on suspicion of Section 18 Assault and then detained on suspicion of murder.
The 78-year-old man has now been released without charge but, after consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, police have now charged the woman with the baby’s murder.
Karen Foster, 61, of no fixed address, will appear before Blackburn Magistrates’ Court this morning.
She is also charged with a separate S47 assault on a one-year-old girl in Hapton on March 22, 2019.
Foster is not related to either of the two victims and the two children are not related to one another.