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A judge today called a disabled boy who was suffocated with a sponge by his mother during the first coronavirus lockdown 'an indirect victim' of the pandemic as she was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.  Russian national Olga Freeman, 40, killed her autistic 10-year-old son Dylan and laid his body down next to his toys in the master bedroom of her £544,000 flat in Acton, West London, in August of last year. The boy's father, celebrity photographer Dean Freeman, was in Spain at the time of his son's killing. The couple, married in 2011, had been divorced 'a number of years', accor...

Three psychiatric reports found Olga Freeman was suffering from a severe depressive illness.

What would possibly drive a mother to take the life of her child? It seems almost unfathomable.  But last week, 40-year-old Olga Freeman pleaded guilty to manslaughter due to diminished responsibility after suffocating her severely autistic ten-year-old son Dylan last summer. Described as 'a great mum', the divorced lawyer was said to be suffering some sort of psychosis at the time of the incident, triggered by the relentless nightmare of trying to care for Dylan, seemingly with zero help or support. I found the details of the case almost too painful to read, not least because I've long felt...

29th Jan 2021 It isn’t a massive leap of faith to see that lockdown has had a substantial impact on the wellbeing of those already struggling to cope in difficult circumstances. Amanda Cassidy reports.   A 40-year-old woman this week pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her vulnerable 10-year-old son. Olga Freeman admitted killing her son by diminished responsibility at the Old Bailey on Monday. Friends had reported that the mother-of-one, who was separated from the boy’s father, was struggling to cope with the demands of lockdown and the lack of routine for her son who normally attend...

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