Irish mum arrested after horror smash kills two of her kids
Woman, 35, held after fears she would flee to Ireland
AN Irish mum who failed to show at court after a horror crash in England which killed two of her kids has been arrested.
A warrant had been issued for Mary Mccann, 35, after she failed to appear at court to answer charges of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
She will now face charges over allegations she was behind the wheel of a Vauxhall Astra which smashed into a lorry on the M1 near Milton Keynes last month.
Mccann’s son Smaller, 10, and her four-year-old daughter Lilly were killed in the crash on the northbound carriageway between junctions 14 and 15, near Milton Keynes. The lorry driver was unhurt, but the motorway was closed for 12 hours.
Mccann, of Bamford Avenue, Sunny Hill Derby, is alleged to have been driving the car which collided with a Scania HGV at about 11.10pm on August 9.
Her 13-year-old daughter had stayed in London and was not in the vehicle.
At a hearing last Friday, Judge Francis Sheridan issued a warrant for the Mccann’s arrest and warned she might try to flee the country.
He said she was “likely” to “abscond” to Ireland and stressed he wanted the Home Office to put ports and airports on alert for her.
Judge Sheridan added: “It is most likely she will flee to Ireland. This is a sad case, but by absconding to avoid the indictment being put, is in my view tactical.” Gardai had also been contacted by Thames Valley Police who were keen to be informed if Mccann returned to Ireland.
However, she was arrested on Wednesday after she handed herself into the authorities at Aylesbury police station.
Mccann will now appear at Aylesbury Crown Court at a later date.
She had been granted bail before a hearing at
Aylesbury Crown Court
last Friday but did not arrive. She is known to have links to Ireland, Derby, Huntingdon, Luton, the Northolt and Uxbridge areas of London.
In a statement Thames Valley Police said: “A woman who was wanted for failing to appear at court in connection with a fatal road traffic collision has now been arrested.
“The woman, aged 35, from Derby, presented herself at Aylesbury police station last night.”