Police quiz mum over bruises on newborn that turned out to be sign of illness

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police after a hospital accused her of abusing her baby has been left heartbroken after the bruise-like marks turned out to be leukaemia.Sammie-Joe Smith, 30, was mortified when a police officer and social workers turned up after she took 15-week-old Wendie-Lou to Worcestershire Royal Hospital.The mum-of-one had been to see a GP after unexplained bruises began appearing under the tot's skin but says she was told by a doctor they were nothing to worry about.READ MORE: Evil killer who stabbed her boyfriend in the heart gets life for murderBut having lost her younger sister Megan to rectal cancer just a year ago at the age of 27, Sammie-Joe began fearing the worst when the marks did not fade.Sammie-Joe and her partner Gavyn Smith, 36, were horrified when they took their firstborn child to A&E only to be suspected of abuse.

The police were called and the couple were placed on supervised contact for three days meaning a social worker was constantly present while Wendie-Lou underwent tests.They were then given the devastating news on Wednesday (October 12) that Wendie-Lou had stage four Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).

The youngster is now undergoing rounds of chemotherapy at Birmingham Children's Hospital.Sammie-Joe's sister, Terri Smith, 36, said Wendie started to present "with these bruise-like marks" under her skin.