Mother jailed for killing son by making him drink bleach - Herald Sun

A BRITISH mother was jailed for seven years today for the manslaughter of her 12-year-old autistic son after making him drink bleach.

Satpal Kaur Singh pleaded guilty to the charge by reason of diminished responsibility at London's top criminal court, the Old Bailey.

The 45 year old denied murder - a plea the prosecutors accepted after psychiatrists concluded that she was suffering from a mental disorder.

The mother, from Barking, east London, feared that social services would take her son Ajit away from her, Sky News reported. Hours after meeting with social workers last year, Singh made the boy drink a cup of bleach.

While she refused to cooperate over Ajit's care, Singh appeared "calm" at the meeting, and the Old Bailey heard that no one who attended it had "any concerns about her immediate behavior."

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But hours later, she called police, saying, "I've just murdered my son, and I've tried to kill myself."