13/11/2009

Dead Tot's Mum Charged With Neglect

A mother from Great Manchester has been charged with neglecting her baby boy.

Tracey Sutherland, 39, of Porlock Road, Baguley, appeared before Manchester Magistrates’ Court today (13 November) charged with child neglect.

Her son, 13-month-old Alexander Sutherland, was pronounced dead in hospital on Tuesday 10 November.

Police were called to Porlock Road shortly before 7am following a report the baby had died.

A post mortem examination of the child took place on Wednesday but the cause of death could not be ascertained, police said this morning.

(PR/BMcC)

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