Sleepwalking Woman Not Guilty of Smothering Mother

A woman has been cleared by the court after she was accused of trying to smother her mother with a pillow as she slept. Donna Sheppard- Saunders denied trying to murder Pamela Sheppard in the bedroom they shared in Sussex. The trial was heard in Lewes Crown Court, where the court was told that Ms Sheppard-Saunders put a pillow over her mother’s head while she was sleepwalking.
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Abandoned Boys Escape Drowning

Two young children were found on a beach, struggling against an incoming tide, while their mother left them to go shopping. The boys were found on a sandbank at an islet off Hilbre island, near West Kirby. Some members of their family were found searching for the children further up the beach.
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