Sophie Wang mother Ying Ying Xu’s prosecution suspended following psychiatric report

There has been a significant development in the case of a woman accused of murdering her 10-year-old daughter at their Gold Coast home.

Ying Ying Xu and daughter Sophie Wang.

A mother accused of murdering her daughter in the family’s Gold Coast home has had her prosecution suspended, a court has been told.

Ying Ying Xu, 46, is charged with murdering her 10-year-old daughter Sophie Wang at the family’s Emerald Lakes home on August 13.

She has been remanded in custody and wasn’t required to appear when her case was mentioned in Southport Magistrates Court on Friday morning.

Flowers outside the Emerald Lakes home where Sophie Wang died. Picture: Nigel Hallett

The court was told a psychiatric report conducted on Xu had recommended the case be referred to the mental health court.

Her solicitor, Daniel McShane, said the prosecution against his client had been suspended pending a decision on the report’s recommendation.

The case was adjourned to March 28. Xu will remain in custody.