A 22-year-old girl has entered prison after being convicted of murder in the United Kingdom. As reported by the West Midlands Police in a statement, the woman, a student of Malaysian origin who had arrived in the country this year, had hidden her baby, a girl, newborn in a box of cereal that he had later put in a suitcase. He did it as soon as he gave birth to her on the floor of his bathroom.
The events occurred last March. Jia Xin Teo hid her pregnancy because he had been afraid that his family and friends would find out and that it would affect his studies. That’s why she also refused all kinds of help on the day of delivery.
Thus, according to ‘The Guardian’, a fellow resident who had entered her room and had seen the scene with the blood wanted to help her, but she would not let her. Nor did he want the medical services to do it, who went to the scene and ended up leaving.
The baby was born alive. It was also when her mother put it in the box, since, according to the prosecutor, cited by ‘The Guardian’, the woman told the Police that it was still moving when she placed it in the container. Once inside, he placed it in a plastic bag and put it in a suitcase.
Although he initially refused, Jia Xin Teo finally He went to the hospital because he felt worse.. There she again denied having been pregnant and having given birth. However, a test came back positive, so they called the police to look for the baby.
The girl was found two days later, already dead, once the mother admitted what had happened, reports ‘The Guardian’. The woman alleged that she had heard voices asking her to get rid of her baby, the Police note completes.
Once arrested, the student was sent to preventive detention. It has been like this until the trial, which took place this October. The sentence was announced on the 24th. Thus, the Crown of Warwick has sentenced her to a minimum of 17 years in prison.
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