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| Baby death mother 'was abandoned' | Baby death mother 'was abandoned' |
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| A woman who was spared jail after killing her baby son has admitted breaching the terms of her probation and has been remanded in custody. | A woman who was spared jail after killing her baby son has admitted breaching the terms of her probation and has been remanded in custody. |
| Danielle Wails, 22, started the fire which killed her son at their Tyneside home. She was given a three-year community order on Monday. | Danielle Wails, 22, started the fire which killed her son at their Tyneside home. She was given a three-year community order on Monday. |
| Wails was arrested on Wednesday after going missing from a Leeds bail hostel. | Wails was arrested on Wednesday after going missing from a Leeds bail hostel. |
| Her defence told Newcastle Crown Court she was abandoned by police after the case, despite national media coverage. | Her defence told Newcastle Crown Court she was abandoned by police after the case, despite national media coverage. |
| The Recorder of Newcastle, Judge David Hodson, remanded Wails in custody and adjourned the case for two weeks. | The Recorder of Newcastle, Judge David Hodson, remanded Wails in custody and adjourned the case for two weeks. |
| Park bench | Park bench |
| The court heard on Friday that after Wails was sentenced, police gave her a travel warrant and £5.20, then left her at Durham railway station to make her way to Leeds. | The court heard on Friday that after Wails was sentenced, police gave her a travel warrant and £5.20, then left her at Durham railway station to make her way to Leeds. |
| Tony Davis, defending, said images of her face and full details of her case were spread across the news media at the time. | Tony Davis, defending, said images of her face and full details of her case were spread across the news media at the time. |
| Alexander Gallon was four months old when he died in the fire | Alexander Gallon was four months old when he died in the fire |
| Wails had described the journey as "the most paranoid trip" of her life. | Wails had described the journey as "the most paranoid trip" of her life. |
| Mr Davis said she spent two days at the Leeds hostel then, after a night drinking with another resident, slept on a park bench in Leeds, missing her 11pm curfew. | Mr Davis said she spent two days at the Leeds hostel then, after a night drinking with another resident, slept on a park bench in Leeds, missing her 11pm curfew. |
| He said she felt unable to return to the hostel, and was arrested by police. | He said she felt unable to return to the hostel, and was arrested by police. |
| Mr Davis said: "The words of Your Lordship on Monday came back to her in the strongest reality, namely that she will have to live for the rest of her life with what she did." | Mr Davis said: "The words of Your Lordship on Monday came back to her in the strongest reality, namely that she will have to live for the rest of her life with what she did." |
| Infanticide plea | Infanticide plea |
| After the death of her son, four-month-old Alexander Gallon, Wails told police two masked intruders had tied her up and started a fire. | After the death of her son, four-month-old Alexander Gallon, Wails told police two masked intruders had tied her up and started a fire. |
| She claimed to have made a phone call for help using her tongue. | She claimed to have made a phone call for help using her tongue. |
| Police were sceptical about her story and she was subsequently arrested. | Police were sceptical about her story and she was subsequently arrested. |
| She denied the murder of baby Alexander, but her guilty plea to infanticide was accepted. | She denied the murder of baby Alexander, but her guilty plea to infanticide was accepted. |
| An independent review into Alexander's death concluded that his mother's behaviour was unpredictable and his death could not have been prevented. | An independent review into Alexander's death concluded that his mother's behaviour was unpredictable and his death could not have been prevented. |