A WOMAN has denied murdering her five-year-old son at their home.
Lincoln Button was found unresponsive at the property in South Ockendon, 10 days before Christmas.
His 35-year-old mother, Claire Button, of Windstar Drive in the town, entered the not guilty plea at Basildon Crown Court on Wednesday.
The judge said a trial would begin on 29 September.
What is this world coming to. Dreadful, heartbreaking