6 d. 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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6 d. ago ‘This case calls for compassion’ – Suspended sentence for mother who killed baby

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

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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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3 w. ago Man who murdered mother and siblings in Luton jailed for at least 49 years

Nicholas Prosper, 19, who also plotted to carry out mass shooting at his former primary school, gets life sentenceA 19-year-old man who killed his mother and two younger siblings as part of a failed plot to kill 30 children at a primary school and become the worst mass murderer in British history has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years.Nicholas Prosper admitted murdering Juliana Falcon, 48, Kyle Falcon, 16, and Giselle Falcon, 13, last month. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Polite' teenager who killed own mother with claw hammer after developing paranoid schizophrenia is sentenced to indefinite hospital order

Frederico Canuzo, then 17, developed paranoid schizophrenia after a history of cannabis use and set upon Chintzia McIntyre (pictured) outside the family home.

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