A mother who killed her newborn baby boy in 1998 while in the grip of severe post-natal depression has been given a suspended sentence after a judge decided the case "called for compassion".

Joanne Sharkey, whose deceased son was discovered in a wooded area in 1998, was handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Grace Davidson received a donated womb from her sister (Picture: PA) A ‘miracle’ baby has been born after her mum had the UK’s first ever womb transplant. Amy Isobel Davidson was born via ...

For 25 years, Joanne Sharkey held a dark secret, which she kept hidden even from her husband. But then, a review of a shocking cold case finally brought the truth to light. In March 1998, Sharkey ...

She added there was no mitigation to the maximum sentence after the depraved father admitted to raping and murdering the newborn. Judge Phahlane told Ferreira: "On Count 1 of murder you will be ...

Joanne Sharkey kept her grisly crimes hidden for 25 years - even from her husband - until police arrived at her door in July 2023. The 54-year-old was today handed a two year sentence suspended ...

"When I heard about it and I saw her name, I thought 'that's not that woman - that's not the same woman that we've lived by all these years'." That was how a resident of a cul-de-sac in Liverpool ...

Vice President JD Vance has revealed he held a private ceremony with his mother at the White House last week to mark the 10-year anniversary of her sobriety — and that the president gave her a ...

When a dog walker and his young son stumbled across two knotted bin bags in the woods by a theme park in 1998, they could never have imagined what lay inside - and the mystery that would leave the ...

A NEPO-BABY with a very famous TV star mum has shown off her stunning looks in a slew of modelling shots on Instagram. The 23-year-old has racked up a sizeable following of her own as a budding ...

Tracey Connelly was jailed in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son Peter at their home in Tottenham, north London, on August 3, 2007 (Picture: ITV News/PA) The mum of ...