Fifteen-year-old girl killed her newborn baby with cotton wool, court hears

Paris Mayo, now 19 and on trial for murder, allegedly tried to prevent people discovering her pregnancy

A 15-year-old girl killed her newborn baby by assaulting him and stuffing his throat with cotton wool to prevent people discovering her pregnancy, a court has heard.

Paris Mayo, now 19, is on trial for the murder of her son Stanley Mayo, who died in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, on the evening of 23 March 2019, and was discovered in a bin bag outside her home the following day.