Mother Jailed for Giving Her Baby 'Lethal' Doses of Heroin Substitute ; Review Ordered After Child Was Given Methadone From Birth
Western Mail › February 20, 2010
Linked as:
Summary
A SOCIAL services review has been set up to establish whether lessons can be learned after a mother who added potentially lethal amounts of methadone to her baby's milk was jailed for three years.
Nia Wyn Jones, 30, was told by Judge Merfyn Hughes, QC, at Caernarfon Crown Court, that she could easily have killed her daughter, who was lucky to have survived. And the judge warned there remained a risk, too difficult to quantify, of permanent damage to the baby's brain.See the full content of this document
Extract
Mother Jailed for Giving Her Baby 'Lethal' Doses of Heroin Substitute ; Review Ordered After Child Was Given Methadone From Birth
The full extent of the damage will only be known as the child begins to grow up.
Jones, of Caernarfon, admitted supplying methadone and ill- ...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
