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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

Essex woman jailed for life for poisoning baby son with cocktail of drugs

File police photo of Emma Barnett
Emma Barnett has been found guilty of the murder of her son by giving him a lethal combination of prescription drugs. Photograph: Essex police/PA

A mother who poisoned her one-year-old son with a lethal cocktail of prescription medications added to milk in a baby bottle has been jailed for life for his murder.

Emma Barnett, 36, killed her son Oakley before he could be taken into care after a family court hearing ordered that he be removed from her.

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