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 ...

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

Sharkey, who was aged 28 at the time of Callum's death, was initially arrested for murder but later admitted she killed the baby while suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of her ...

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 ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THE community in Warrington never moved on from the death of Baby Callum, a detective inspector said. The case remained unsolved for more ...

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 ...

This was in relation to Baby Callum who was found dead inside bin bags in a wooded area of Callands on March 14, 1998. 27 years on from Callum’s death, Sharkey, 55, pleaded guilty to an ...

A judge has called for “compassion” for Joanne Sharkey, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility over the death of the baby boy, named Callum by police investigating his ...

Sharkey said the birth was "quite easy, quick" but was unclear about where she had baby Callum, saying: "I’m thinking bathroom, I think the bathroom." When asked if she caused his death ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...