[Cal.]

A mentally ill woman who lived rough in a London graveyard has admitted burying her newborn baby alive.

The crime was discovered when the baby’s body parts, which had been dug up and carried by a fox, were found by a worker in a tractor yard in south-west London.

Latvian Elita Amantova, 39, told the Old Bailey she was living off berries and bread left out for birds before she gave birth to the child in 2012.

She had been diagnosed with a schizophrenia-like mental condition in Latvia in her thirties that had been made worse by childbirth.

Amantova pleaded guilty to infanticide and has been sentenced to a hospital order. The judge said that she would probably need lifelong treatment and care.

The court heard that on 10 September 2012, a worker found a baby’s decaying leg and foot on the ground at the tractor yard next to Tooting Common.

Prosecutor Zoe Johnson QC said: "The leg was infested with maggots. In a search, another limb was found, the thigh and calf had been eaten through exposing bone.

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Awful news

She give birth to a healthy newborn baby girl and buried her alive a few hours later

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Beyonsleigh

http://news.sky.com/story/1386385/ne...lly-ill-mother

Awful news

She give birth to a healthy newborn baby girl and buried her alive a few hours later

I find it so hard to understand how anyone could do that,I know she was ill,but surely you would know that was wrong to physically bury a live baby,I am struggling to get my head round that.

[Cal.]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I find it so hard to understand how anyone could do that,I know she was ill,but surely you would know that was wrong to physically bury a live baby,I am struggling to get my head round that.

I agree. She acknowledged the event when the police came to find her too - but said the whole birth experience was too stressful for her to talk about further.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I find it so hard to understand how anyone could do that,I know she was ill,but surely you would know that was wrong to physically bury a live baby,I am struggling to get my head round that.

She was an untreated Schizophrenic, in the midst of an episode her sense of right and wrong is going to be very skewed and she's going to find herself doing unspeakable things because she can't control it.

I hope she gets the help she needs.

[Mystic Mock]

How come nobody gave her medication after giving birth?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

She was an untreated Schizophrenic, in the midst of an episode her sense of right and wrong is going to be very skewed and she's going to find herself doing unspeakable things because she can't control it.

I hope she gets the help she needs.

..yeah, I hope so as well, it really does feel like mentally ill people are not getting the care that is needed atm...such a tragedy...

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah, I hope so as well, it really does feel like mentally ill people are not getting the care that is needed atm...such a tragedy...

I agree, if only we had better treatment for mentally ill patients then we could prevent such tragedies from happening.

[Kizzy]

she had been used and abused in the sex trade, if she wasn't mentally ill before she certainly was after. She was a pregnant woman living on the streets, sometimes you hear things that make you feel totally hollow.

[Cal.]

Originally Posted by The Mockerdeer

How come nobody gave her medication after giving birth?

She was homeless and living in a graveyard. She gave birth outside with no assistance and with no one's knowledge but her's.