Briton charged with her baby’s murder

A 20-YEAR-OLD British woman has been charged with the murder of her baby in Crete, Britain’s Foreign Office said yesterday.

A spokesman said: “We can confirm a British national was charged with the murder of her baby in Malia, Crete, today. We are providing consular assistance.”

He said he could not comment further due to the ongoing police investigation.

The woman was believed to have been arrested earlier on suspicion of strangling her newborn baby after giving birth in a hotel room.

It is understood officers were called after locals rushed the woman — who was bleeding heavily — to hospital.

Police reportedly found the dead baby in the hotel room with sheets around its neck and covering its face.

A coroner determined that the boy was born healthy and had been smothered, dying of asphyxiation.

The woman denies the charge.

The woman is believed to have been in Crete on holiday with her sister and a female friend.

Malia, on Crete’s north coast, is a popular spot for British tourists.