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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.
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Following a retrial, Tunstill has been ordered to serve a minimum of 17 years.

Sentencing Tunstill, Mr Justice King said had "showed no emotion or remorse" over the "frenzied and harrowing attack".

In the weeks leading up to the birth Tunstill, a deputy manager at a residential home for people with mental health issues, carried out internet searches for terms including "how to end a pregnancy late".

Tunstill's lawyers said she had high-functioning autistic spectrum disorder and had suffered "an acute stress reaction" after giving birth.

Det Ch Insp Gareth Willis from Lancashire Police described it as a "truly horrifying and callous killing of a defenceless newborn baby".

He added: "She has still never admitted why she killed Mia."

At the retrial, the jury was able to consider alternative charges to murder - manslaughter, manslaughter with diminished responsibility or infanticide.
 
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Fuck her. In a way, I am glad that poor baby girl didn't have to look up to that woman for comfort and security.
 
Oh wow ... he asked if she needed help and she said no, wow, what the fuck.

I wonder how he feels now ? Probably pretty low and hating her.

She totally belongs in jail ...
 
A mother who stabbed her newborn baby to death with a pair of scissors and placed her body in plastic bags before dumping it in a kitchen bin has been found dead in prison.

Rachel Tunstill, 32, murdered her daughter Mia Kelly shortly after she gave birth alone in the bathroom of her flat in Burnley, Lancashire. Her partner had been playing Xbox in the next room during the January 2017 killing.

Tunstill was twice jailed for life for the murder of Mia - the second sentence being handed down in 2019.
The Prison Service confirmed last night that Tunstill died in HMP Styal in Cheshire on Wednesday. The circumstances surrounding her death are currently unknown.
 
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