Mother Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Poisoning 5-Year-Old Son to Death

A terminally ill mother has been jailed for 18 years after she murdered her five-year-old son with anti-depressants in an apparent double suicide attempt.

Claire Scanlon, 38, was given the minimum-term life sentence for killing Dylan Scanlon, whose badly bruised body was found on her bed.

Claire Scanlon (pictured), 38, was given the minimum-term life sentence today little for killing Dylan Scanlon, whose badly bruised body was found on her bed

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