The court case of a mother charged with murdering her two-year-old daughter after she was found in Kingsley Pond has been adjourned until April.

Alice Mackey, 42, of Gibbs Lane, Oakhanger, appeared at Winchester Crown Court on Friday, March 7 but did not enter a plea.

Winchester Crown Court, February 13th 2025.
Winchester Crown Court (Tindle/Paul Coates)

A pre-trial preparation hearing was scheduled for April 17, with a two-week trial provisionally set to begin on October 2 if required.

Mackey was arrested in September 2023 in connection with the disappearance and death of her daughter, Annabel Mackey.

Flowers at Kingsley Pond after a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a two-year-old girl died last night having been found in the village pond the day before. Kingsley, Hampshire, 12th September 2023 See SWNS story SWBNpond
Flowers were left at Kingsley Pond where Annabel Mackay was found. ( SWNS)

Police were called at around 5pm on September 10, 2023 to reports that Annabel had gone missing from her home in Forge Road in Kingsley, near Bordon.

She was found unresponsive a short time later in Kingsley Pond and taken to hospital in a serious condition, where she died the following afternoon.