Therapy for mother who suffocated autistic son with a sponge

The wife of a celebrity photographer complained to her local council that she felt under ‘significant pressure’ a month before she suffocated her disabled son during the first lockdown. Olga Freeman, 40, placed a sponge into 10-year-old Dylan’s mouth before laying him down to die next to his toys at their flat in Acton, west London, last August. The lawyer had become increasingly isolated while struggling to care for her autistic son, who required round-the-clock care. Dylan’s respite provisions had…