The partner of an asylum seeking mum found dead with her starving baby told how it was a 'miracle' the tot survived. Mercy Baguma, 34, was found dead on August 22, with her one-year-old baby, Adriel, beside her.
Her partner, Eric Nnanna, 30, had gone to Mercy's flat in Govan, Glasgow, but could get no response, and heard the baby crying.
Eric called police who made the tragic discovery, with 16-month-old Adriel so weak from starvation he was unable to stand up in his cot.
The young dad had been round two days previously and knocked for an hour, but got no answer, and wondered if Mercy had moved, as she had been expecting to do.
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