A mother in England who admitted to quietly giving birth to and killing her newborn baby in 1998 amid postnatal depression has avoided immediate jail time after a judge called for "compassion" in the case.
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00:00I am satisfied that this very sad case calls for compassion.
00:06No useful purpose would be achieved by immediate imprisonment,
00:11and I consider that appropriate punishment can be achieved by a custodial term that is suspended.
00:30On count one, for the offence of manslaughter by reason of diminution,
00:59I sentence you to two years' imprisonment, suspended for two years.
01:05On count two, for the offence of endeavouring to conceal the birth of a child,
01:09I sentence you to six months' imprisonment,
01:11concurrent to the term imposed on count one, also suspended for two years.