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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Amy Fenton & Benjamin Roberts-Haslam

Baby died as mum fell asleep on her

A baby girl was killed when her mum fell asleep on her on the sofa just weeks after returning home from the hospital.

Billy-Jo Mary-Jane Steward was born at Ormskirk Hospital on October 21, 2020, with her and her mum being discharged and returning to their home in Elmridge, Skelmersdale. On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at around 3.30am, she fed Billy-Jo before placing her back in the rocker at the side of the sofa.

At around 7am, mum Tameka then went to have a cigarette before returning to feed Billy-Jo. The newborn fell asleep in her mum's arms before Tameka fell asleep shortly afterwards. Around noon she woke up to find Billy-Jo "pressed up against her" and lifeless, Lancs Live reports.

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