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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Pat Hurst

‘This case calls for compassion’ – Suspended sentence for mother who killed baby

A mother who suffocated her newborn baby and left his body in woodland only to be arrested 25 years later has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.

Joanne Sharkey, 55, admitted responsibility over the death of the baby boy, who was named Callum by police investigating his death in 1998.

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