20 h. ago Joanne Sharkey: Suspended sentence for mother who killed baby after judge says 'case calls for compassion'

Joanne Sharkey was only arrested 25 years after the killing and admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

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21 h. ago Joanne Sharkey who suffocated newborn baby Callum to death in 1998 before dumping his body in woodland avoids prison after judge says her case 'calls for compassion'

Joanne Sharkey, 55, had pleaded guilty in March at Liverpool Crown Court to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and endeavouring to conceal the birth of a child.

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21 h. ago Mum breaks down in tears as she is spared jail for killing her newborn baby

Joanne Sharkey has been handed a suspended prison sentence

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21 h. ago Mother who suffocated her baby and left his body in woodland in secret kept for 25 years avoids jail

Joanne Sharkey pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility over death of newborn Callum in 1998

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21 h. ago Mother of baby Callum who killed newborn in 1998 before dumping his body in woodland avoids prison after judge says her case 'calls for compassion'

Joanne Sharkey, 55, had pleaded guilty in March at Liverpool Crown Court to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and endeavouring to conceal the birth of a child.

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21 h. ago Mother who killed baby 27 years ago receives suspended prison sentence

Joanne Sharkey admitted manslaughter after secret birth while she had postnatal depression after first childA woman who killed her newborn baby 27 years ago while she had severe postnatal depression has been handed a suspended prison sentence, as a judge said the case “calls for compassion”.Joanne Sharkey, 55, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility over the death of her days-old son, whose body was found wrapped in bin bags in woodland in 1998. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Joanne Sharkey sentencing LIVE as mum who killed newborn baby learns fate

Joanne Sharkey buried the infant near Gulliver's World in Warrington

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23 h. ago WATCH Joanne Sharkey sentencing LIVE as mum who killed newborn baby spared jail

Joanne Sharkey buried the infant near Gulliver's World in Warrington

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24 h. ago Dad who raped newborn baby to death while mum went shopping learns his fate

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Hugo Ferreira, 37, from South Africa, admitted to murdering the newborn after he violently raped her when she was left home alone with him in June 2023

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4 w. ago Woman pleads GUILTY to killing baby boy found dead in woodland near Gulliver's World

Joanne Sharkey will be sentenced later this month after the baby was found dead in 1998

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