Paris Mayo guilty of murdering son hours after birth

A teen has been recovered blameworthy of murdering her babe lad hours aft she delivered him astatine location alone.

Paris Mayo was 15 erstwhile she gave commencement to him successful 2019, aft concealing her gestation from her family.

A proceedings astatine Worcester Crown Court heard Mayo suffocated him by stuffing fabric wool into his rima and throat.

Jurors were besides capable to see a complaint of infanticide but took 8 hours and 38 minutes to convict her of murder.

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Mayo, of Ruardean successful Gloucestershire, gave commencement to Stanley astatine her household location successful Ross-on-Wye successful Herefordshire successful March 2019.

The tribunal heard however his remains were discovered by her parent the pursuing greeting successful a bin bag.

Mayo had claimed she did not cognize she was large and said Stanley was not moving and did not marque a sound erstwhile helium was born.

However aesculapian experts said it was apt helium had been live for a mates of hours, had taken breaths and whitethorn besides person cried.

She said she had utilized the fabric wool recovered successful the infant's rima and pharynx to cleanable up humor and claimed his fractured skull had been caused by him falling connected the level during birth.

However the prosecution said aesculapian grounds showed that was not an capable mentation and that specified injuries were usually recovered aft large trauma, specified arsenic a car crash.

The tribunal heard however Mayo had a hard household beingness and her father, who was terminally sick astatine the clip Stanley was calved and died soon after, made her consciousness "worthless".

Mayo cried successful the dock aft the jury, made up of 5 men and 7 women, returned a bulk blameworthy verdict for murder.

She was remanded successful custody and is acceptable to instrumentality to Worcester Crown Court connected Monday to beryllium sentenced.