Mother Mary McCann who is accused of killing her children in M1 crash has fled ...

Mother Mary McCann who is accused of killing her children in M1 crash has fled ...
Mother Mary McCann who is accused of killing her children in M1 crash has fled ...

A mother accused of killing her own children in a brutal motorway crash has gone on the run, with border control asked to place 'alerts' to ensure her return.

Mother-of-four Mary McCann, 35, of Derby, was due to appear before Aylesbury Crown Court today to answer two charges of causing death by dangerous driving.

She is set to stand trial over the deaths of her son Smaller, 10, and daughter Lilly, 4, after slamming her white Vauxhall Astra into a Scania HGV while driving on the M1 near J14 and J15 on Monday, August 9. 

The lorry driver was unhurt, but the motorway was closed for 12 hours.

But prosecutors today admitted they 'do not know where she is', with Ms McCann failing to contact her solicitors after the funeral of her two children she is accused of killing last week.  

Mother-of-four Mary McCann, 35, of Derby, was due to appear before Aylesbury Crown Court today to answer two charges of causing death by dangerous driving

Mother-of-four Mary McCann, 35, of Derby, was due to appear before Aylesbury Crown Court today to answer two charges of causing death by dangerous driving

Smaller

Lilly

She is set to stand trial over the deaths of her son Smaller, 10,left, and daughter Lilly, 4, right after slamming her white Vauxhall Astra into a Scania HGV 

Prosecutors today admitted they do not know where Ms McCann is

Prosecutors today admitted they do not know where Ms McCann is

McCann failed to contact her solicitors after the funeral of her two children

McCann failed to contact her solicitors after the funeral of her two children

Prosecutor Heather Stangoe told the judge: 'Unfortunately, we do not know where she is. We were informed through her solicitor that they had failed to make contact with the defendant. Her bail address was her sister's and she is not there.

'It was the funeral of her children this week. Her one year old child is with the grandmother and is safe.'

The judge issued a warrant, not backed for bail, for her arrest saying he wanted the Home Office to put ports and airports on alert for her. 

'It is most likely she will flee to Ireland,' he said.

He added: 'This is a sad case, but

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