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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Amy Fenton & Ashlie Blakey

Tragic newborn baby girl dies after mum falls asleep on sofa with her

A tragic newborn baby girl died after her mum fell asleep on the settee with her just weeks after leaving hospital.

Billy-Jo Mary-Jane Stewart was found 'lifeless' and 'pressed up against' her mum Tameka on the sofa at their home in Skelmersdale, in Lancashire, an inquest heard. She had fallen asleep in her mum's arms, before the new mum then fell asleep herself.

When Tameka realised her daughter was not responding, she ran into the street and screamed for help. A coroner described the baby's death as a 'very sad accident'.

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