Bognor mum admits killing her newborn baby
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Gintare Suminaite, 30, of Aldwick Road, killed her baby daughter shortly after giving birth to her in the bathroom of her home on April 5.
Suminaite appeared at the Old Bailey today, Wednesday, December 21.
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According to the BBC, the court heard that Suminaite had been mentally disturbed from the effects of giving birth.
The charge stated Suminaite caused the death of her daughter ‘by compression of the neck with a ligature or by manual compression of the neck’.
Sentencing was adjourned until January 23 for further reports to be prepared.
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