SHOCKING: Paris mayo - You Need To See This

Infanticide: vulnerable mothers who kill their babies can be granted leniency – so why is this historic law being rejected in favour of harsher punishment?

Paris Mayo gave birth to her son Stanley alone – at home, in silence, while her parents and brother were upstairs. Mayo claimed not to have known she was pregnant, and no one at her school or within her family had noticed her condition. She was 15 years old.

The Conversation · Aug 8, 2023

No sense in locking up a vulnerable teen

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Women who kill their newborns are deeply unwell, so why are they being tried for murder?

The crime of infanticide provides context for tragic cases such as Paris Mayo’s – but courts are becoming ever harsher, says historian Julie Wheelwright

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2023

Teenager who killed newborn son jailed for minimum of 12 years

Paris Mayo had denied murdering her baby son Stanley by fracturing his skull and stuffing cotton wool balls down his throat after giving birth alone.

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

Teenager Paris Mayo sentenced to at least 12 years for murder of newborn son

Mayo was 15 when she killed son she gave birth to at her home in Herefordshire to hide pregnancy from her family

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

Mum jailed for murdering baby after secret birth at home aged 15

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS Paris Mayo murdered little Stanley Mayo shortly after giving birth at her parents' home in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, in March 2019 when she was just 15

Daily Mirror · Jun 26, 2023

Teen mum found guilty of murdering newborn baby at home moments after birth

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS Paris Mayo has been found guilty of murdering little Stanley Mayo shortly after giving birth at her parents' home in March 2019 when she was just 15.

Daily Record · Jun 23, 2023

Teen mum killed newborn and left his body in bin bag on doorstep

Paris Mayo cried in the dock after jurors found her guilty of murdering her baby

Liverpool Echo · Jun 23, 2023

Mother murdered newborn baby with cotton wool balls

Mayo’s mother found the child the next morning when she looked inside the bag and immediately called 999, the court was told

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Trial of UK teenager found guilty of killing newborn is tragic and troubling

Paris Mayo became pregnant at 14 and gave birth alone, in silence, because she feared parents’ reaction

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023