Baby Disfigured After Mother's Torture Included 'Picking Wounds to the Bone'
Western Mail › August 10, 2005
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A baby girl has been left deformed and disfigured after being 'tortured' by her mother, a court heard yesterday. A judge yesterday questioned whether the mother was suffering from Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy, a condition where people cause others suffering in an attempt to gain attention.
The child suffered skin infections made worse by her mother picking them 'to the bone'.See the full content of this document
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Baby Disfigured After Mother's Torture Included 'Picking Wounds to the Bone'
Cardiff Crown Court heard the 16-month-old baby was regularly treated for skin infections across her body.
But each time she left hospital her wounds deteriora...See the full content of this document
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