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Mother charged with strangling newborn child

A mother is charged with strangling her illegitimate newborn child in a hospital bathroom.

  • By Bassam Zaza, Staff Reporter
  • Published: 18:40 February 13, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: A mother is charged with strangling her illegitimate newborn child in a hospital bathroom.

The Public Prosecution charged the 33-year-old Indonesian housemaid with premeditated murder and referred the case to Dubai Court of First Instance.

The body of the girl child was found on a sofa wrapped in a blue blanket stained with blood.

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