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Mother who drowned daughter, 3, in a bathtub to spite husband is jailed for 18 years

Claire Colebourn was seen rubbing her head when the details of her horrific crime were read out but had no reaction when her sentence was handed to her

A mother who drowned her three-year-old in a bath after she wrongly accused her husband of having an affair, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years. The woman Claire Colebourn had held her daughter, 3-year-old Bethan, under water before placing her dead body on her bed on October 19, 2017.  

The child's body was then discovered with soaking wet hair by her grandmother the next day. Claire who hails from Fordingbridge, Hants was jailed today for life with a minimum of 18 years after she was found guilty of murder after a trial which took place at the Winchester Crown Court last week. Claire had falsely believed that her husband 38-year-old Michael was having an affair with a colleague at his marine firm.