Murder accused mum admits she should have got Fife toddler Liam Fee help
The trial at the High Court in Livingston continues
A mother accused of murdering her two-year-old admitted her conduct had a part to play in his death as she should have got him help''. Rachel Fee, or Trelfa, 31, also said if she had taken her son Liam Fee to hospital for treatment for a broken leg, he would bealive'' today. The High Court in Livingston heard that despite suspecting he had had a broken leg for several days, she went to look after her horse for three hours on the day Liam died, March 22, 2014, which she said she now regretted. Fee is on trial at the High Court in Livingston alongside her civil partner Nyomi Fee, 27, where they deny murdering the toddler at a house near Glenrothes in Fife by repeatedly inflicting blunt force trauma'' to his head and body. Questioned by her lawyer, Rachel Fee initially denied Liam's death was anything to do with her. Brian McConnachie QC asked her for a second time:Do you think his death has anything to do with your conduct?'' She replied: I should have got him help, so yes.'' She blames his death on a young boy who she said told her hestrangled or suffocated'' Liam.