A mum has appeared in court charged with murdering her own five-month-old baby girl.
Hayley Macfarlane, 39, from Barnsley, was visibly upset in the glass-fronted dock at Leeds Magistrates’ Court, where she was remanded into custody this morning.
She is accused of killing her daughter Evelyn following an incident at Woodhouse Moor park on Wednesday.
Emergency services rushed to the scene after a police received reports of a baby in a serious condition at the park, which is known locally as Hyde Park.
Officers discovered the infant near the junction of Clarendon Road and Moorland Road.
She was rushed to hospital but could not be saved and her mother was arrested on suspicion of murder.
During her court appearance, lasting just three minutes, Macfarlane was told that magistrates were precluded from considering bail on a charge of murder.
Macfarlane was also told that she will remain in custody until a prison video-link appearance at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday next week.
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