17 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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19 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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20 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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20 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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20 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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22 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 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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