On 5 January the head of a three-week-old male child, killed the day before, was found by children in Christchurch. Anna and Sarah Flanagan, the mother and grandmother of the dead infant, were found guilty of infanticide but both were given a reprieve of their death sentences. Hear podcast and see related newspaper report.
Flanagan child murder, 1891
On 5 January the head of a three-week-old male child, killed the day before, was found by children in Christchurch. Anna and Sarah Flanagan, the mother and grandmother of the dead infant, were found guilty of infanticide but both were given a reprieve of their death sentences. Hear podcast and see related newspaper report.