<p>A 36-year-old Indian woman in the UK has pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility after she admitted killing her five-year-old daughter at their home because she was terrified of dying from Covid-19 and thought the little girl could not live without her, according to a media report.</p>.<p>Sutha Sivanantham stabbed her daughter Sayagi in the bedroom of their south London flat 15 times before severely injuring herself on June 30 last year, the <em>Metro.co.uk r</em>eported.</p>.<p>Her husband said she had been 'petrified' about catching the virus and the lockdown restrictions may have 'pushed her over the edge,' the report added.</p>.<p>Appearing at the Old Bailey on Thursday, Sivanantham denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and will be kept in hospital indefinitely.</p>.<p>Sivanantham, who had been living in the UK since 2006 after an arranged marriage, complained of mystery ailments for almost a year before the tragedy.</p>.<p>She developed a 'morbid concern' she was seriously ill and had become convinced she was going to die, prosecutors said.</p>.<p>On the day of the attack, she begged her husband not to go to work and called friends to tell them she was unwell.</p>.<p>At around 4 pm neighbours went to the flat in Monarch Parade, Mitcham, and found Sivanantham with stab wounds to her abdomen.</p>.<p>Sayagi, who was lying on the bed, had been stabbed several times in the neck, chest and abdomen.</p>.<p>Sutha was also found to have suffered self-inflicted stab injuries and was taken to hospital, where she remained for more than two months receiving treatment before being discharged into police custody.</p>.<p>Sainsbury’s worker Suganthan Sivanantham was called at the supermarket to be told that his wife had killed their daughter at their home, the report said.</p>.<p>He sobbed loudly in the dock as his impact statement was read to the court.</p>.<p>It said, ‘I get very emotional having to relive what has happened to my daughter and my wife.’</p>.<p>He said before the killing the family had lived a ‘happy fulfilling and blissful life.’ Since then he has had to give up work and ‘each day is a struggle.'</p>.<p>Sivanantham said he has not spoken to his wife but accepts she was not responsible for her actions.</p>.<p>‘I know that if she was well she would not have been able to kill our daughter,’ he said.</p>.<p>One psychiatrist who has treated Sivanantham found that the social isolation and stress caused by the Covid-19 lockdown contributed to her serious mental illness.</p>.<p>She was sent to be treated in hospital under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act. </p>
<p>A 36-year-old Indian woman in the UK has pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility after she admitted killing her five-year-old daughter at their home because she was terrified of dying from Covid-19 and thought the little girl could not live without her, according to a media report.</p>.<p>Sutha Sivanantham stabbed her daughter Sayagi in the bedroom of their south London flat 15 times before severely injuring herself on June 30 last year, the <em>Metro.co.uk r</em>eported.</p>.<p>Her husband said she had been 'petrified' about catching the virus and the lockdown restrictions may have 'pushed her over the edge,' the report added.</p>.<p>Appearing at the Old Bailey on Thursday, Sivanantham denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and will be kept in hospital indefinitely.</p>.<p>Sivanantham, who had been living in the UK since 2006 after an arranged marriage, complained of mystery ailments for almost a year before the tragedy.</p>.<p>She developed a 'morbid concern' she was seriously ill and had become convinced she was going to die, prosecutors said.</p>.<p>On the day of the attack, she begged her husband not to go to work and called friends to tell them she was unwell.</p>.<p>At around 4 pm neighbours went to the flat in Monarch Parade, Mitcham, and found Sivanantham with stab wounds to her abdomen.</p>.<p>Sayagi, who was lying on the bed, had been stabbed several times in the neck, chest and abdomen.</p>.<p>Sutha was also found to have suffered self-inflicted stab injuries and was taken to hospital, where she remained for more than two months receiving treatment before being discharged into police custody.</p>.<p>Sainsbury’s worker Suganthan Sivanantham was called at the supermarket to be told that his wife had killed their daughter at their home, the report said.</p>.<p>He sobbed loudly in the dock as his impact statement was read to the court.</p>.<p>It said, ‘I get very emotional having to relive what has happened to my daughter and my wife.’</p>.<p>He said before the killing the family had lived a ‘happy fulfilling and blissful life.’ Since then he has had to give up work and ‘each day is a struggle.'</p>.<p>Sivanantham said he has not spoken to his wife but accepts she was not responsible for her actions.</p>.<p>‘I know that if she was well she would not have been able to kill our daughter,’ he said.</p>.<p>One psychiatrist who has treated Sivanantham found that the social isolation and stress caused by the Covid-19 lockdown contributed to her serious mental illness.</p>.<p>She was sent to be treated in hospital under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act. </p>