Police were called to Sinead Tippett's home in Morecambe on 1 February 2022, after she told her school she had given birth the previous night, Lancashire Police said.
Tippett, who had denied being pregnant, claimed the baby - named Cameron - was not breathing when he was born, so she wrapped him in towels and put him in a shoebox in her wardrobe before going to school, but postmortem tests showed the baby had been born alive.
The 19-year-old pleaded guilty to infanticide and was given a three-year community order and a 20-day rehabilitation order at Preston Crown Court.
Tippett admitted causing the death of her newborn when she was 15 and caused the baby’s death by suffocation, continuing to deny the pregnancy to school staff, friends, her boyfriend (the father), and her parents before she gave birth.
The postmortem concluded the cause of death was suffocation.
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
tem tests showed the baby had been born alive. The 19-year-old pleaded guilty to infanticide and was given a three-year community order and a 20-day rehabilitation order at Preston Crown Court. Tippett admitted causing the death of her n...
Community order
The 19-year-old pleaded guilty to infanticide and was given a three-year community order and a 20-day rehabilitation order at Preston Crown Court
