Mother accused of murdering two-year-old son remanded

A Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son has been further remanded in custody.

Hazel Waters (46), of Ridge Hall, Ballybrack, Co Dublin, had been charged after toddler Muhammad Hassan Khan was found dead with stab wounds in the bedroom at their apartment at about 2pm on October 16th last.

She is accused of murdering her son at a time between October 15th-16th.

The DPP directions are required and a book of evidence has to be prepared. On Wednesday at Dublin District Court, Judge Michael Walsh further remanded her in custody until February 25th.

Last month, Garda Sgt Thomas Doran told Judge Walsh the file in the case “is at an advanced stage”.

Hassan's acupuncturist father, Mohammed Saleem Khan (61), laid their son to rest following a burial ceremony on October 20th.

At an earlier stage in the proceedings, the court had heard Ms Waters made no reply when she was charged with murdering her son.

Due to the nature of the charge, a bail application can only be made in the High Court. Ms Waters was remanded to the Dóchas Centre, the women's unit in Mountjoy Prison.

At her first hearing on October 18th, the court had heard Ms Waters’s only income was a lone parent allowance, and she had been granted free legal aid.