Lawyers for Irish nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady who is facing a murder charge in Massachusetts for the death of a one-year-old baby girl in her care have sought to have the case struck out.
Ms Brady is indicted in connection with the death last January of Rehma Sabir.
Her lawyers, however, have accused Middlesex prosecutors of acting unethically in the manner in which they presented evidence to the grand jury that indicted her, according to the Boston Globe newspaper which quotes court papers it has seen.
Defence lawyers contend in the papers that the case put together by Middlesex district attorney Marian T Ryan’s office did not meet the low legal threshold of probable cause that is needed before Ms Brady could be accused of committing any crime.
One defence motion calls for dismissal on the grounds of “impairment of the integrity of the grand jury proceedings”. In a statement, Ms Ryan said her office was working on a response to the defence allegations, which they are to file in court shortly.
