Manslaughter By Baby-Sitter
(N.Z. Press Association Copyright) LONDON, April 26 A 21-year-old girl was sentenced to be imprisoned for the term of her natural life at Leeds today after being found guilty of the manslaughter of 17-month-old Susan Pickles, of Keighley, near Leeds, whom she had been looking after while the parents were at a cinema. She is Shirley Campbell, a millworker. She was found not guilty of murder. Her defence was the first under Section 2 of the Homicide Act, 1957, which refers to an accused person being mentally abnormal to such an extent as to impair substantially his or her sense of responsibility. Campbell admitted to the police that she had strangled the baby, and she made a full confession, saying that she had some grievance against the mother, prosecuting counsel said. The jury announced their verdict after a 10-minute retirement.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28263, 29 April 1957, Page 6
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