Schoolgirl Hid New Born Baby's Corpse In A Drawer For Two Days After Secretly Giving Birth In Her Bedroom
#1 The traumatised schoolgirl secretly gave birth
A 14-year old schoolgirl hid the body of new newborn baby in a drawer for two days after she secretly giving birth in her bedroom, a court heard.
The tragedy occurred in February 2014 just three days before her birthday after the girl broke up with her boyfriend.
The traumatised youngster who was due to celebrate her 15th birthday wrapped the infant's remains in a blanket before hiding them in her divan bed.
#2 The girl kept her ordeal secret
She then kept her ordeal a secret for up to 48 hours - even attending high school the following day without telling anyone.
The youngster, from Manchester, later claimed she did not know she was pregnant and thought she having a severe bout of stomach ache when she went into labour.
She thought she was constipated, and then described a sensation as though she was going to burst.
She gave birth to the child and the placenta, and cut the umbilical cord with some scissors from her room.
#3 The girl took only paracetamol
The girl took only paracetamol to help her cope with the pain and went to school on the following day. She didn't reveal the birth to anyone until she asked her closest friends to help her bury the baby.
One of those friends then told her mother, who contacted the girls mother.
The 16-year-old's mother contacted a midwife, and the baby was taken to St Mary's hospital where tests were taken and police were then alerted to the tragedy.
#4 At Manchester youth court
The girl, now 16, appeared in Manchester Youth Court where she pleaded guilty to concealing the birth of a child.
She had originally faced charges of infanticide and manslaughter but allegations were dropped.
#5 The baby was not alive
Examinations of the baby both by prosecution and defence experts were unable to give a cause of death.
Her defence lawyer Rachel Adamson said there was no chance of the baby still being alive when she was put in the drawer.
Even the prosecution evidence shows that the baby was not alive for probably more than two minutes.
She did not believe that the baby was alive when she put her in the drawer. She disputes that the baby ever cried.
The girl received a 10-month referral order and was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £100.
