Ardoyne: mother appears in court charged with the murder of her baby boy
Last updated 30th Jul 2021
The mother of a baby boy has been remanded in custody charged with his murder.
Raluca Ioana Tagani (29), appeared before a judge in Belfast Magistrates Court on Friday morning.
She is accused of murdering her son Liam O'Keefe in a house in the Ardoyne of area of north Belfast on Tuesday
Tagani, who is originally from Romania, is also accused of the attempted murder of another young child in the same incident. The child is in a critical condition in hospital.
The accused, whose address was not provided to the court, appeared via video link from a custody cell for the brief hearing before deputy District Judge McStay.
No application for bail was made and the judge remanded Tagani in custody to appear before the court again on August 27.