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Teenage mum killed newborn baby boy with paracetamol overdose

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A 19-year-old mum who killed her newborn son with an overdose of paracetamol has been jailed for five years. Ellie Jacobs admitted child cruelty and the manslaughter of Archie Jacobs, who was just five weeks old when he died.

Luton Crown Court heard that a 999 call was made on June 5 2020, during the first coronavirus lockdown, after Archie went into cardiac arrest at a property in Biddlesden, Buckinghamshire.

He was pronounced dead at the scene despite the efforts of paramedics. A post-mortem examination found the youngster’s cause of death was acute paracetamol toxicity.

Jacobs admitted administering the dose as well as breaking the toddler’s leg and foot in the days before he died. Read more: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community The teenager, from Rushden, Northamptonshire, was arrested and charged with murder last October but a guilty plea to manslaughter was later deemed acceptable.

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