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14 years' jail for mother who murdered four of her babies

Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:49:49 +0200

A woman on trial in one of Germany's worst infanticide cases was convicted Wednesday of killing four of her babies and handed a 14 year jail sentence.

Mother confesses to killing of eight babies

Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:09:37 +0200

The mother of eight dead babies found in a small Bavarian town made a confession through her lawyer in court on Tuesday.

German infanticide: Mum in 'partial confession'

Sun, 15 Nov 2015 11:53:05 +0100

A 45-year-old woman who was arrested after eight babies were found dead at an apartment in Germany has made a "partial confession", police said on Saturday.

Mother jailed for killing her five newborns

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:09:00 +0100

A German court sentenced a married mother of two to nine years in jail on Thursday for killing five of her babies whose births she had concealed.

Mum accused of throwing baby in bin

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:40:00 +0100

The mother of a baby boy found dead in a Berlin rubbish bin has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. She stands accused of suffocating the newborn and throwing the body away, police said.

Young mother confesses to killing her newborn

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:53:00 +0100

A 20-year-old woman in the northern German city of Bremen has confessed that she killed her newborn baby, according to police. The baby’s body was found in her apartment.

Woman who hid dead babies in freezer jailed

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:27:00 +0100

A Münster court on Monday sentenced a woman who hid the bodies of two of her newborn babies under frozen pizzas in the freezer to five years behind bars for manslaughter.

Mummified baby found in cellar

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:48:00 +0200

A woman in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate has found the mummified body of a baby in her cellar, police said on Tuesday.

Dead infant found abandoned in Saarland snow

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0100

A dead baby has been found abandoned in the the snow in the southwestern German state of Saarland, the German Red Cross (DRK) and the police confirmed late on Monday.

Ethics watchdogs call for end to baby hatches

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:07:00 +0100

Germany’s baby hatches, which allow mothers to give up their children anonymously, have been called into question by the German Ethics Council, which has deemed them morally “problematic.”

Mother of eight jailed for smothering baby boy in cellar

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:15:00 +0100

A regional Berlin court on Friday sentenced a 42-year-old woman to eight years in prison for manslaughter after she admitted to smothering her newborn infant.

Man's dog finds dead infant along Munich's Isar River

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:17:00 +0200

A man’s dog has discovered a dead infant in shrubbery along Munich’s Isar River, according to the city's police.

Case of dead infants likely to go unsolved

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:09:00 +0200

The case of four dead babies found last week in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district will likely never be solved, daily Berliner Zeitung reported on Monday.

Remains of four dead babies found in Berlin

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:06:00 +0200

Police are investigating the gruesome discovery of the remains of four babies in a Berlin apartment following the suicide of their mother in July.

Infant's body found in Erfurt freezer

Wed, 27 May 2009 16:39:00 +0200

The body of a baby boy has been found in a freezer in Erfurt. Police have arrested the mother and charged her with murder.

Mecklenburg mulls free birth control to lower abortion rate

Fri, 08 May 2009 12:23:00 +0200

Politicians in northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania want to make birth control available to low-income women for free to halt rising abortion rates, public broadcaster NDR reported this week.

Dead infant found in Berlin clothing donation container

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:01:00 +0100

A German Red Cross worker found a dead baby in a Berlin clothing donation container on Monday morning, daily Berliner Zeitung reported.

Mother gets 8 years for three infant deaths

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:12:00 +0100

A Zwickau court on Wednesday sentenced a German woman to eight years in prison for killing three of her babies shortly after giving birth.

Soldier jailed for leaving baby to die in barracks

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:22:00 +0100

A German soldier was jailed Thursday for leaving her newborn daughter to die after giving birth at army barracks toilet while allegedly unaware she was pregnant.

Mother guilty of killing and freezing babies

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:37:00 +0100

A German mother was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for killing two of her babies, whose bodies she stashed in the family freezer. She was not tried in connection with a third baby, also found in the freezer, who died over 20 years ago because the statute of limitations on the case had expired.