A mother found guilty of killing her baby daughter by burning her with a hairdryer has abandoned her plans to appeal, BBC Scotland News has learned.

Courtney Gartshore, 28, used the appliance to subject three-month-old Dahlia-Rose to "significant and sustained heat" on her head and body in Peterhead in 2023.

Gartshore was convicted of culpable homicide following a trial at the High Court in Aberdeen, and was jailed for six years.

A notice of intention to appeal against conviction and sentence had been lodged, but it has now been dropped.

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In July the High Court in Aberdeen heard that Gartshore used the hairdryer on Dahlia-Rose for up to an hour.

It resulted in burns to approximately 18% of her body surface - particularly to her head, neck, upper body and one of her arms.

The charge stated that her injuries were so severe that she died as a result.

The jury was played a recording of a 999 call made by Gartshore in which she said her child had gone "purple" while she was asleep.

The trial heard that the infant's DNA was found on a hairdryer.

However expert witness Dr Timothy Burge, a burns specialist, told the court that it was his view the heat injuries did not cause the baby's death.

"It could have been that she was already dead," he said.

The jury was spared having to see photos of the injuries.

The court heard that Gartshore had consumed alcohol before the incident.

She was unanimously found guilty of culpably and recklessly causing Dahlia-Rose to be subjected to heat from the appliance while the child was in her sole care.

Sentencing Gartshore at the High Court in Edinburgh in August, judge Simon Collins KC told her she had inflicted "severe and disfiguring" burns on her daughter.

He said: "Given Dahlia-Rose's very young age, and the horrifying way that she died, this is a uniquely disturbing and distressing case.

"But it is tragic as well as terrible. And that is because the evidence suggested that the accused loved Dahlia-Rose, yet will have to live the rest of her life with the knowledge that she was responsible for her death."

An intimation of intention to appeal against conviction and sentence was later lodged for Gartshore.

The note of appeal was due by 20 October.

However, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) told BBC Scotland News that the court had advised that Gartshore had abandoned her appeal against conviction and sentence.