Mother jailed for aborting baby week before birth

A woman who aborted her own baby within a week of his due date has been jailed for eight years.

Sarah Catt bought drugs on the internet which induced her labour when her pregnancy was nearly full-term.

She claimed the boy was stillborn and that she buried his body but no evidence of the child was ever found, Leeds Crown Court heard.

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