A teenage mother let her 8 month old baby drown in a bath while she checked messages on FB. Shannon Woods is 19 year old & she has got a 12 month jail sentence only. Although she received first-aid instructions on the phone but the baby couldn’t survive.
Shannon Woods also changed her statements a couple of times. She told lies & at one point, she got even tired of lying. She’s basically a troubled teenager. She was checking FB on her mobile at the time of tragedy. In fact she left the baby for 5 minutes in the bath & water was much deep.
The court was told that shortly before the baby died a cigarette burn had been found on its arm. But the girl said that a relation had accidentally dropped a cigarette end which had come into contact with the baby's skin.
The judge told Guildford Crown Court it was: 'criminal neglect of the most serious kind.'
She’s scared that the social services would now take her unborn child away. Gregory Fishwick said his client had a low IQ and had mental health problems and 'she loved her little daughter'. And this tragedy will have long term implications for his client. Moreover, the defendant's mother is also dying of cancer.
This case is again very saddening. A little baby died due to the negligent of the mother & we can’t ignore the fact that the mother is too young & maybe she’s really depressed. I mean who in her senses would leave the baby in the bath & check messages on the phone. This indicates a very abnormal behavior.
