22 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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22 h. 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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22 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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23 h. ago Woman who deliberately suffocated baby walks free from court

Judge said 'I’m satisfied that this very sad case calls for compassion'

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23 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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23 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 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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2 w. ago Mother of baby Callum told her husband 'it is what it is, I f*****g did it' after she was arrested for suffocating newborn to death

A near three-decade quest to identify a newborn baby whose body was left in woodland was finally solved after the infant's DNA matched with his brother, a court heard.

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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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4 w. ago Baby Callum's mother tearfully admits killing her newborn son, 27 years after his body was found in a bin bag and remained a mystery for decades

Joanne Sharkey today admitted killing her newborn son, known as Baby Callum, whose body was discovered in woodland near a theme park in Warrington almost 27 years ago.

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4 w. ago Mother admits killing newborn son after his body was discovered in woodland near theme park in 1998

Joanne Sharkey today admitted killing her newborn son whose body was discovered in woodland almost 27 years ago.

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