A bipolar mum who strangled her five-month-old baby son to death at a hospital unit will not be jailed, a judge has ruled. Samantha Pink, 39, killed Connor Young at The Beeches, a mother and baby inpatient service at The Radbourne Unit, part of Royal Derby Hospital, on July 12.
The mother-of-two, who has suffered mental health problems all her adult life, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility at Nottingham Crown Court last month.
In a victim impact statement, Connor's father - Pink’s partner of 14 years - begged a judge not to jail her. Pink, from Stenson Fields, Derby, has been handed an indefinite hospital order.
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