That was how a resident of a cul-de-sac in Liverpool described the moment she learned her neighbour for more than 30 years - ...

A mother who killed her newborn baby in 1998 and hid the secret from friends and family for 25 years has avoided jail time ...

Not only had Sharkey hidden the birth and death of Baby Callum, but no-one had ever known she had been pregnant. Mr Sharkey would spend the next 25 years oblivious to the fact he had fathered a ...

But Sharkey, a 28-year-old council worker at the time of baby Callum's death, was today given a two-year suspended prison sentence at Liverpool Crown Court. Judge Mrs Justice Eady told Sharkey ...

A MUM who strangled her newborn baby to death near a theme park then kept the dark secret for 25 years has avoided jail. The baby, named as Callum, was discovered in woodland in Warrington ...

A mum's decades long secret was finally revealed when she was arrested while sitting on a sofa in a pair of pink pyjamas.

A retired police officer who made some of the first public appeals following the discovery of Baby Callum's body said the sentencing of his mum after 27 years "brought a lot of closure". Retired ...

A council worker who suffocated her new born baby to death before keeping his death ... The body of the infant, who came to be known as Baby Callum, was discovered in woodland close to Gulliver's ...

For 25 years, Joanne Sharkey held a dark secret, which she kept hidden even from her husband. But then, a review of a shocking cold case finally brought the truth to light. In March 1998, Sharkey ...

The funeral of baby Callum in 1998. Picture: Alamy Sharkey, a 28-year-old council worker at the time of baby Callum's death, was today given a two-year suspended prison sentence at Liverpool Crown ...

A mother who killed her newborn baby and left his body in the woods nearly 30 years ago has been spared jail. Joanne Sharkey, 55, admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility over ...