UK: Woman arrested on suspicion of strangling baby while on holiday

A 20-year-old British woman has been arrested on suspicion of strangling her baby after giving birth in a hotel room in Crete, local police said today.

The woman, who has not yet been named, was arrested in Malia, on Crete’s north coast.

Police said she was arrested on suspicion of child murder. The woman was herself taken to hospital for treatment.