A mother was today convicted for a second time of murdering her newborn baby with a pair of scissors, after her initial conviction was quashed on appeal.
Rachel Tunstill, 28, killed tiny Mia Kelly shortly after giving birth in the bathroom of her flat in Burnley in January 2017.
Her child's body was then put into a plastic carrier bag and dumped in a kitchen bin, before Tunstill watched TV with her partner.
She was originally convicted of Mia's murder in June 2017, but an appeal judge later ruled that the jury should have been offered a verdict of infanticide to consider.
Following a retrial of the case over the last seven weeks, Tunstill was again convicted of murder and now faces a life sentence when she comes back before a judge tomorrow.
She had told her partner that she was suffering a miscarriage and despite him offering to get her medical help, she declined and said she would handle the situation herself.
Each time he went to check on her, she insisted that she didn't need any assistance, asking only for a pair of scissors.
Investigators say she used the scissors to repeatedly stab the infant, inflicting 15 wounds to the newborn baby.
Mother is convicted of murdering her newborn daughter with scissors
Rachel Tunstill, 28, killed tiny Mia Kelly shortly after giving birth in the bathroom of her flat in Burnley in January 2017.
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