Woman goes on trial for murder of toddler she was trying to adopt

Leiland-James Corkill was in care of Laura Castle and her husband, Scott, when he died at their Cumbria home in January 2021

A woman has gone on trial accused of murdering the baby boy she and her husband were planning to adopt.

Leiland-James Corkill was 13 months old and in the care of Laura Castle and her husband, Scott, when he died at their home in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.