Couple ‘poisoned a child with insulin’

A couple accused of poisoning a young child with insulin have denied cruelty charges. Saudi Arabians Amal Asiri, 28, and her husband Mohammed Asiri, 37, were said to have adminstered the drug when the child was in hospital. Emma Smith, prosecuting, said: ‘The child was admitted to that hospital between March and June 2017 and again in February 2018 suffering from a form of hypoglycemia. ‘The Crown’s case is that it relates to the giving of insulin to the child…