An inquest into the death of a baby found that her mum ‘unlawfully killed’ her while on cocaine. Keira-Mae was just two-days old when her mother, Aimee Jones, found her "unresponsive" in her bed at Barnsley Hospital, on Saturday, May 16, 2020.
In the days after her death, her mum was seen throwing as many as nine house parties and drinking with friends by a neighbour.
It was during the height of the pandemic. READ MORE: EncroChat drug trafficker used dark web shops called 'Vanilla Surf', 'Staxx' and 'GovUK' to peddle cocaine all over Europe An inquest into Keira-Mae’s death heard how Mrs Jones said she believed it was ‘safe’ to look after a baby while on the drug, reports Yorkshire Live.
She told the court: “I do think you could, yeah (take cocaine). I'm not saying it's right to [but] you can safely do it, yeah." Keira-Mae was born at Barnsley Hospital on Thursday, May 14, and had not been let home because she was to be placed into immediate foster care.
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