The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has appeared in court for a second time charged with his murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

The boy's body was discovered in Fife on Friday January 17, the day after he was reported missing from his home in the Drylaw area of Edinburgh.

Rosdeep Kular, 33, was charged under her married name of Adekoya when she made her initial appearance at Edinburgh Sheriff Court the following Monday.

Kular returned to the court yesterday for a full committal hearing in private.

She made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody. No further court dates have yet been fixed.

Following Mikaeel's disappearance, Police Scotland appealed to the public for help in finding him.

Hundreds of volunteers from the local community joined police and specialist teams as they searched the surrounding area.

But in the early hours of Saturday January 18, police revealed that the body of a young boy had been discovered in Fife.

Last Friday hundreds gathered to release balloons and light candles in his memory.