Dad posts heartbreaking Christmas photo with baby after young mum killed in hit-and-run

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The partner and newborn baby of a young mum who was tragically killed in a hit-and-run have been pictured in a heart-wrenching photo on Christmas Day.

Marguerita Sheridan had just become a mother to her first baby boy last month.The 21-year-old from Rathkeale sustained critical injuries and sadly passed away after a van collided with gates at Bank Place, Well Lane, Rathkeale, around 12.15pm on Saturday, December 21.

Danny O'Donoghue, 42, of, Rathkeale was brought before a special late sitting of Limerick District Court on Christmas Eve, reports the Irish Mirror.Mr O'Donoghue faced charges of dangerous driving causing Ms Sheridan's death; causing criminal damage to a set of gates; threatening to kill or cause serious harm to Patrick Sheridan; producing a machete while he made the alleged threat; and causing criminal damage to Mr Sheridan's van.

The accused was remanded in custody last Tuesday night, to appear via video-link before Limerick District Court on Friday, December 27, for further directions in the case from the Director of Public Prosecutions.Now, in a heart-wrenching photo shared on social media, grieving husband Dennis posed on Christmas Day with their newborn baby boy while holding a photo of the late Marguerita on her wedding day.