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Mother who killed baby 27 years ago receives suspended prison sentence

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Sharkey was arrested on suspicion of murder in 2023 after DNA samples proved she was the mother of the dead baby. Photograph: Cheshire police

A woman who killed her newborn baby 27 years ago while she had severe postnatal depression has been handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, as a judge said the case “calls for compassion”. Read More

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