Woman charged with murder after death of three-year-old girl
Pippa McGrath, 47, of Austhorpe Court, Leeds, is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court today.
Officers attended a property at Austhorpe Court last Wednesday and found the body of a three-year-old girl inside.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said enquiries into the girl's death were ongoing.
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