Itemoids

You are not logged in so some information on this page has been withheld. To see more, please log in.

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.