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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Fifteen-year-old girl killed her newborn baby with cotton wool, court hears

Worcester crown court, where Paris Mayo is on trial for murder.
Worcester crown court, where Paris Mayo is on trial for murder. Photograph: Elmtree Images/Alamy

A 15-year-old girl killed her newborn baby by assaulting him and stuffing his throat with cotton wool to prevent people discovering her pregnancy, a court has heard.

Paris Mayo, now 19, is on trial for the murder of her son Stanley Mayo, who died in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, on the evening of 23 March 2019, and was discovered in a bin bag outside her home the following day.

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