Mum charged with murder of her three-year-old daughter

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - A woman has been charged with murd£r after her own three-year-old daughter was found de@d at a property in Leeds.

Pippa McGrath, 47, will appear in the dock at Leeds Magistrates' Court this morning accused of k!lling the little girl.

West Yorkshire Police today named the victim as Hope McGrath and confirmed that she was the alleged k!ller's own daughter.  

Her mother was arrested after officers were called to a semi-detached home in Austhorpe Court, Leeds, following a call of concern for the safety of a young child last Wednesday. 

Paramedics were also called but the little girl died at the scene. 

McGrath was also taken to hospital and later charged with murd£r. 

Detective Chief Inspector Stacey Atkinson, of West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said on Thursday: 'Sadly when emergency services attended at an address on Austhorpe Court, Leeds, yesterday the body of a 3-year-old girl was found inside.

'We are treating this as an isolated incident and are not seeking anyone else in connection with it.

'I understand that such a tragic incident as this will cause shockwaves in the local community and that there will be speculation about what has happened.

'I would ask people to please let us investigate and if you do have any information that you think could assist our enquiries to get in contact with the investigation team.'