25 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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25 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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25 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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25 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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26 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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51 h. ago 'I may change daughter's name for one reason – even though she's 10 months old'

It can be hard to find the perfect baby name, and mum has been left hurt and considering changing her little girl's name in a bid to please her mother - it has put strain on their relationship

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3 d. ago Dad's body found at bottom of culvert in woodland after month

Marcus Barter’s disappearance sparked a huge community effort to locate him last summer and he was eventually found on land in Llanmartin adjacent to the M4

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4 d. ago Machine Gun Kelly addresses Megan Fox's baby name as fans are left bewildered

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly welcomed their first child to the world last month, but the singer has had to address the child's name after online confusion

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4 d. ago Mechanic, 18, took his own life after falling victim to financial scammers, inquest hears

Kieron Mullins Bunn, had been his usual 'funny, chatty self' just days before his body was tragically found in woodland.

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4 d. ago Teenager tries to SUFFOCATE her mother from the backseat of a car after being told she can't have a sleepover

In a clip shared to Instagram on Sunday by New York-based YouTubers Shane and his wife, Liana, their daughter London was seen asking for a sleepover.

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6 d. ago Parents warned as toxic 'incel' social media accounts connivingly change their SECRET LANGUAGE to avoid detection in the wake of Adolescence uproar and TikTok ban

Online advocates of misogynistic incel (involuntarily celibate) culture are rebranding as 'Sub5s' to get past the platform's ban on hateful material.

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7 d. ago Sick father admits raping his newborn baby to death while his wife left the house to buy more nappies

The Pretoria High Court heard how Hugo Ferreira, 37, subjected his baby daughter to vile abuse and rape after she was left alone with him on 8th June 2023.

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2 w. ago What DID they do to me in that orphanage?: Haunting question ANDREW PIERCE was left with after he saw pictures of himself as a baby for the first time

As I tore open the brown envelope, three small black-and-white photographs slipped from a single sheet of paper on to my desk. I gazed at them and thought my heart might miss a beat.

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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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2 w. ago Liverpool star having baby with best friend of bikini bombshell ex after 'love triangle'

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister is having a baby with the best friend of his former girlfriend, who he left just days after winning the World Cup

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2 w. ago Mum's body discovered in woodland as soldier husband admits killing and hiding wife

Andrea Berharano's husband Jaime V turned himself over to the police the same day he reported his wife missing from their home in Burgos, in Castile and León, Spain

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2 w. ago Woman who faked newborn baby's death and wore silicone bump in fake twin pregnancy jailed

Libby Vernon, 23, faked the death of a newborn baby as well as two pregnancies - her partner has been left 'struggling emotionally' after realising 'everything was a lie'

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2 w. ago Evil woman left baby with horror injuries 'seen in car crashes'

“Injuries of this type are those that would usually be expected in a significant road traffic collision. They would have caused this baby substantial pain.”

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2 w. ago Sadio Mane and teenage wife celebrate baby's baptism eight months after she left school

Sadio Mane married Aisha Tamba little over a year ago and they have now welcomed their first child into the world and celebrated the baptism of their new daughter in Senegal

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