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Tragic newborn baby girl dies after mum falls asleep on sofa with her

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A tragic newborn baby girl died after her mum fell asleep on the settee with her just weeks after leaving hospital. Billy-Jo Mary-Jane Stewart was found 'lifeless' and 'pressed up against' her mum Tameka on the sofa at their home in Skelmersdale, in Lancashire, an inquest heard.

She had fallen asleep in her mum's arms, before the new mum then fell asleep herself. When Tameka realised her daughter was not responding, she ran into the street and screamed for help.

A coroner described the baby's death as a 'very sad accident'. READ MORE: Inquest opens into death of teenager in Salford Quays The inquest at Preston Coroners' Court heard how Billy-Jo was born at Ormskirk District General Hospital on October 21 in 2020.

After she and her mum were discharged, they returned to the family home. On the evening of November 17 in 2020, Tameka fed Billy-Jo before placing her back in the rocker at the side of the settee.

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