Woman who poisoned child with laxatives jailed for seven years

Tracy Menhinick was also found guilty of consenting to unnecessary operations to the danger of the boy’s life

Tracy Menhinick was found guilty following a trial (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Irish Independent Newsdesk

A former auxiliary nurse convicted of harming a child with laxatives with “devastating” consequences for him has been jailed for seven years.

Tracy Menhinick, 52, was found guilty of “wilfully” ill-treating the child in a manner likely to cause him unnecessary suffering or injury to health on various occasions over the course of three years from 2014.