10 h. ago Why Joanne Sharkey didn't get sent to jail for suffocating her own baby to death

The judge said it was an 'exceptional' case

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13 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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13 h. ago Mum who left dead baby in bin bag kept tragic secret from husband for 25 years

Joanne Sharkey, who has today avoided jail, hid her dark secret for a quarter of a century, with her own husband having had no idea that she'd killed the child he never even knew existed

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13 h. ago Joanne Sharkey won't go to jail for killing and dumping newborn baby 25 years ago

Baby Callum was found dead in Warrington in 1998 and his mother wasn't traced. But a DNA breakthrough in the cold case in 2022 finally led to Joanne Sharkey being identified

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15 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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2 w. ago Mother who killed newborn and dumped body in woodland 27 years ago felt ‘relief’ to be arrested

Joanne Sharkey concealed her pregnancy from her husband, work colleagues and friends before giving birth alone at home and abandoning body, court hears

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4 w. ago Moment mother of baby Callum is arrested by police at her family home 27 years after killing the newborn and dumping his body in a bin bag

Bodycam footage, filmed by police officers, shows Joanne Sharkey appear unsurprised when she is told she is suspected of murdering the child, known as Callum, in July 2023.

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