Mother smothers seven-week-old baby after drinking half a bottle of vodka and passing out on the couch
A 30-year-old mother who allegedly smothered her seven-week-old baby to death after she passed out on the couch drunk while holding the baby was spared jail by a judge.
The mother Stacey Atkinson reportedly passed out with her daughter Chloe on her chest after she drank half a bottle of vodka. While asleep, she rolled over the baby and woke up three hours later to find that the baby was lifeless. She claimed to have attempted to revive the baby as she waited for the paramedics to arrive. While in a Liverpool Crown Court, Stacey was seen weeping and trembling as the gruesome details of the child's death were read out loud.
As reported by DailyMail, the judge told Stacey that he had "no doubt" that she was remorseful for her actions and that she had "learned from her bitter experience". The judge gave her a 12-month suspended sentence. Her lawyer Laura Tipping said, "She will carry the guilt for the rest of her life that Chloe trusted her and she let her down".
