Waterford woman who put her newborn baby in bin found guilty of manslaughter

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found  guilty of manslaughter and child neglect in 2018 at Caredoc on the Cork Road in Waterford

The prosecution’s case that the placing of the baby in the bin, walking away and not mentioning it was the substantial cause of death of the baby, Waterford Circuit Criminal Court was told. Picture: iStock

It took a jury of eight men and four women three and a half hours to deliver a majority verdict of guilty in the case of a woman accused of the manslaughter of her baby.

Before Waterford Circuit Criminal Court on Friday evening, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found unanimously guilty of manslaughter and child neglect in 2018 at Caredoc on the Cork Road.