Barnsley mum Hayley MacFarlane live court sentencing updates for smothering baby daughter in Leeds park

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Barnsley mum Hayley MacFarlane live court sentencing updates for smothering baby daughter in Leeds park
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Hayley MacFarlane, 39, of Carrington Street, Barnsley, is due in court for sentencing for infanticide

A Barnsley woman is due to be sentenced this morning for causing the death of her baby girl in a Leeds park.previously said officers arrived at the scene at the junction of Clarendon Road and Moorland Road by Woodhouse Moor Park in Leeds that day after MacFarlane had called emergency services and reported Evelyn was in a serious condition.

The judge says the psychosis took the form that she believed she was harming her baby and preventing her from reaching her developmental milestones.Dr Shenoy is talking about the 'shock of the incident itself' and its effect on Mrs M. The judge is asking about 'retained responsibility' and says she she bears in mind what family and friends have described Mrs M as a "very caring and gentle person."The prognosis at the moment with Mrs M is that she is responding to tteatment and things are 'good', according to Dr Shenoy.

on November 2, she took the baby downstairs and placed baby in sink full of water. She 'came to' and realised what going on and left the house. She later reported thoughts of drinking cleaning fluid.After that that Mrs M voluntarily admited Fieldhead Hospital in Wakefield. She herself had worked in mental health services in Barnsley.A week after admission hospital. Review found she had become very depressed and had belief that she had ruined everything and stunted baby's development.

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