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Mother charged with baby's death | Mother charged with baby's death |
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A 20-year-old British woman has been charged with causing the death of her new-born baby in a hotel room on the Greek island of Crete. | A 20-year-old British woman has been charged with causing the death of her new-born baby in a hotel room on the Greek island of Crete. |
Leah Andrew, from London, who gave birth alone in a hotel room in Malia, is accused of infanticide. | |
Local police said the baby boy was found with sheets around his neck and covering his face. | Local police said the baby boy was found with sheets around his neck and covering his face. |
Ms Andrew, who had been on holiday, is due to appear in court in capital Heraklion on Thursday. | |
She is under guard in hospital, suffering from heavy bleeding following the birth. | |
Local police say she is not on suicide watch but that she was being observed by two officers simply because she was under arrest. | |
Night out | |
Unlike the charge of murder, infanticide does not carry a life sentence. | |
Officers said Ms Andrew had travelled to Crete for a holiday with a family member and a female friend from the UK. | |
She had gone out for the night with her companions but returned to the room alone where she gave birth to a baby boy, police added. | |
She was found early on Monday morning. | She was found early on Monday morning. |
A Foreign Office spokesman said the British Consulate on Crete was providing a woman and her family with assistance. |