Mother, 39, tried to kill her children and herself after her husband revealed he was having an affair and left her, court told A mother tried to kill both her children when her husband left the family after confessing to having an affair, a court was told.
Today, the 39-year-old woman went on trial charged with two counts of attempted murder.
Lewes Crown Court heard the woman had become depressed after her husband announced he had been having an affair.
The jury heard that on February 7 this year the woman had gathered medication from around the house and spoke to the children at teatime about her plan.
After putting her two children in her bed the mother climbed in and all three took a cocktail of strong tablets.
