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A SINGLE mum “deliberately” poisoned her severely disabled son with a noxious substance after care visits were cancelled, a court has heard.
Pembe Mehmetaliogullari, 47, from Hove denied attempting to murder her son who died three days after being admitted to hospital.
A jury heard her adopted 10-year-old son, Mustafa, had legal drugs in his system which had not been prescribed to him.
Mrs Mehmetaliogullari had been caring for her son 24 hours a day for some time with no break after night visits and respite care breaks were cancelled.
Lewes Crown Court in Brighton heard how the lad known as Musti had complex needs, could not speak or swallow, suffered from cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
He also had mental disabilities and needed round the clock care.
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Paramedics found little Musti in bed and unresponsive after his mother dialled 999 in September 2018.
Doctors at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton treated him for suspected pneumonia.
Tragically the little lad, who had a Do Not Resuscitate notice, died three days later after breathing support was withdrawn.
A post mortem later found traces of antidepressant Citalopram and painkiller Co-codamol in his system.
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Miranda Moore QC told the court Mrs Mehmetaliogullari administered the Citalopram to Musti at home and gave him the Co-codamol while he was in hospital.
“This case is nothing less than a tragedy”, Ms Moore said.
She added: “His mother attempted to kill him when he was in hospital, deliberately and to hasten his death.
“Helping someone to die is not an action that is permitted – even for a loving mother.”
Mrs Mehmetaliogullari had been covertly administering some of her own antidepressants to her son over a period of time, Ms Moore told the jury in Brighton.
The drugs “would never be prescribed to a child of his age” the prosecutor said and were instead “prescribed to the defendant”.
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Pembe Mehmetaliogullari denies attempted murder and administering a noxious substance with intent.
The trial continues.
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